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Nchelenge District, Luapula Province, Zambiai
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Nchelenge DistrictDistrict
Luapula ProvinceProvince
ZambiaCountry

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PlacePopulation
Nchelenge23,693 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
425419
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:425419:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
District de Nchelenge, Luapula, Zambie
Italian:
Distretto di Nchelenge, provincia di Luapula, Zambia
Simplified Chinese:
恩切倫戈縣, 卢阿普拉省, 赞比亚
Cebuano:
Nchelenge District, Luapula Province
Dutch:
Nchelenge District, Luapula, Zambia
Hill Mari:
Чонгве , Луапула
Japanese:
ンチェレンゲ地区, ルアプラ州, ザンビア
Lithuanian:
Nčelengės apskritis, Luapulos provincija, Zambija
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Nchelenge Koān
Polish:
Dystrykt Nchelenge, Prowincja Luapula, Zambia
Zulu:
Nchelenge District


Nchelenge District is a district of Zambia, located in the Luapula Province. The capital lies at Nchelenge.

Nchelenge is one of the twelve districts of Luapula Province in Zambia, second-largest by population size (only next to the provincial capital, Mansa). Other districts being Mansa, Kawambwa, Milenge, Mwense, Chienge, Chembe, Chipili, Chifunabuli, Mwansabombwe, Lunga and Samfya. The district, located north of Luapula province some 250 km away from Mansa is the most densely populated of all the districts in the province at 45 persons per square kilometer. The district has a total surface area of 4.092 square kilometers (60% land, 30% water and 10% swamps). The district shares borders with Democratic Republic of the Congo in the west, Chienge District in the north, Kaputa District in the north-east and Kawambwa District in the south-east. Lake Mweru marks the boundary between Nchelenge and the DR Congo.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nchelenge_District
Wikidata ID:Q3031624
GeoNames ID:175497


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