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The defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) is a large, robust animal with long, shaggy hair and a brown-gray coat that emits an oily secretion from its sweat glands, which acts as a water repellent. It also has large, rounded ears and white patches above the eyes, and around the nose and…

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Kasaba Bay Lodge was located on Kasaba Bay and was part of the Sumbu Game Reserve/Sumbu National Park. The lodge was operated by Country Hotels Limited. The 34-bed lodge is located a few hundred yards from the beach, and visitors usually walk there through virgin game country escorted by an armed Game…

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The Zambesi Emperor (Nudaurelia Zambesina) is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Rothschild in 1895. This is one of the largest African Saturnid species. This family of moths has been named after the planet Saturn because, like the planet, the spots on the wings have…

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Mwembeshi is a small town approximately 43km Lusaka. Government Mwembeshi Earth Station

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The southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) is a species of bee-eater found across sub-equatorial Africa. It was formerly considered conspecific with the closely related northern carmine bee-eater, with the combined species then known as carmine bee-eater. This species, like other bee-eaters, is richly coloured and is predominantly carmine in colouration,…

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Mufulira is a town in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. Mufulira means “Place of Abundance and Peace”. The town developed around the Mufulira Copper Mine in the 1930s. The town also serves as the administrative capital of Mufulira District. Business & Industry Eagle Travel Ltd Mufulira Copper Mines Ltd TG…

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Luanshya is a town in Zambia, in the Copperbelt Province near Ndola. It was founded in the early part of the 20th century after two prospector/explorer, William Collier shot and killed a Roan Antelope on the banks of the Luanshya River, discovering a copper deposit in the process. The antelope…

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Kitwe, founded in 1936,  is located in the Copperbelt province of Zambia. The city is sometimes referred to as Kitwe-Nkana. Nkana is derived from the name of Senior Chief Nkana of the Lamba speaking people of the Copperbelt province. With the upsurge of copper prices in the 1950s, Kitwe developed…

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  Chingola, located in the Copperbelt region, was founded in 1943 to service the newly opened Nchanga copper mine. During the 60’s and 70’s, Chingola was hailed as the cleanest and most well maintained town in Zambia. This was due, in part, to the mining company’s policy to manage and…

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