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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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The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa with Hippopotamus amphibius capensis found in Zambia. After elephants and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the next largest land mammal. It is also the largest extant land artiodactyl. Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial even-toed…

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Adansonia is a genus made up of eight species of medium to large deciduous trees known as baobabs. Previously classified within the family Bombacaceae, they are now placed in the Malvaceae. They are native to Madagascar, mainland Africa and Australia. The generic name honours Michel Adanson, the French naturalist and…

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Kasaba Bay is located on southern tip of Lake Tanganyika, in northern Zambia, and part of the Sumbu Game Reserve/Sumbu National Park. Until the late 1960s Kasaba Bay was accessible only by air, or boat from Mpulungu, and catered to wealthy and international visitors. The Mporokoso District authorities had a…

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Kuomboka is a word in the Lozi language; it literally means ‘to get out of water’. In today’s Zambia it is applied to a traditional ceremony that takes place at the end of the rain season, when the upper Zambezi River floods the plains of the Western Province. The festival…

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