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Gwembe District, Southern Province, Zambiai
Regional Level Types
Gwembe DistrictDistrict
Southern ProvinceProvince
ZambiaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Gwembe2,052 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
341108
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:341108:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
District de Gwembe, Province Méridionale, Zambie
Italian:
Distretto di Gwembe, provincia Meridionale, Zambia
Simplified Chinese:
格溫貝縣, 南部省, 赞比亚
Cebuano:
Gwembe District, Southern Province
Hill Mari:
Гвембе , Кечӹвӓлвел провинци
Lithuanian:
Gvembės apskritis, Pietų provincija, Zambija
Polish:
Dystrykt Gwembe, Prowincja Południowa, Zambia


Gwembe District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital now lies at Munyumbwe (the capital was formerly Gwembe Town).

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.


List of minerals for each chemical element

Fossils

There are 4 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences12
Youngest Fossil Listed260 Ma (Permian)
Oldest Fossil Listed272 Ma (Permian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Madumabisa Mudstone - lower5268.8 - 259.9 Ma (Permian)
Madumabisa Mudstone - Middle calcareous7272.3 - 259.9 Ma (Permian)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Temnospondyli
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli272.3 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Anteosauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Anteosauridae272.3 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Tapinocephalidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Tapinocephalidae272.3 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Dicynodontia
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Dicynodontia272.3 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Gorgonopidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Gorgodontia : Gorgonopidae272.3 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Burnetiidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Burnetiidae272.3 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Wantulignathus gwembensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Wantulignathus : Wantulignathus gwembensis272.3 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Abajudon
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Abajudon268.8 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 4 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwembe_District
Wikidata ID:Q3031286
GeoNames ID:917010

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