08/06/2024
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15 INTERESTING FACTS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE
Write up by North West Adventures
1. The Province is home to 3 major mines in the country with other numerous mineral deposits discovered.
2. The Province has 11 districts with Zambezi being the only district with 2 constituencies.
3. It is the only Province in the country with 3 major languages.
4. Houses 3 sources of major rivers in the Country, Zambezi, Kabompo and Kafue Rivers.
5. Solwezi is the most populated district in the Province and it is it's headquarters.
6. Kasempa is one of the biggest districts in the country with 24 wards.
7. Most of the population live in rural areas.
8. 7 of the 11 districts are linked by one road called the M8 that runs from Mutanda, Kalumbila to Chavuma.
9. The great people of North Western are culturally oriented, and host various Traditional Ceremonies such as the Likumbi Lya Mize in Zambezi, Chivueka in Kabompo, Nsomo in Kasempa, Chisemwa Cha Lunda in Mwinilunga and Lunda Lubanza in Zambezi to mention a few.
10. It has plenty of land and water resources and receives normal to above normal rain each season.
11. It shares boarders with the Copperbelt, Central and Western Provinces of Zambia as well as Angola and the DRC.
12. It has economic potential that await investments in areas such as Mining, Agriculture, Tourism and Hospitality, Forestry and Transport.
13. The furthest district is Chavuma, that boarders with Angola.
14. Agricultural activities take up to 80% of the economic activities by the local people.
15. Houses 3 of the major missionary hospitals in the country, Chitokoloki Mission Hospital in Zambezi, Mukinge Mission Hospital in Kasempa and Kaleni Mission Hospital in Ikelenge.
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