Chilonga is a town in Mpika District in the Muchinga Province of Zambia, about 25 kilometres south-southwest of the district headquarters at Mpika and some 618 kilometres by road north-east of Lusaka. It lies on the Great North Road, the Tanzam Highway, at an average elevation of about 1,532 metres above sea level. The town is best known for Our Lady's Mission Hospital, also called Chilonga Mission Hospital, a Level 2 community hospital with 182 beds that serves the people of Mpika District, and for the Catholic mission's schools of nursing and midwifery, which together enrolled about 150 students in October 2016. The population was estimated at 11,816 people in February 2006.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Chilonga (Wikipedia)
Population, year
As of February 2006, the population of Chilonga was estimated at 11,816 people.
On Continent: Africa, Lead
Chilonga is a town 25 kilometres south-southwest of Mpika in Mpika District in the Muchinga Province of Zambia.
Part Of: Zambia, Lead
Chilonga is a town 25 kilometres south-southwest of Mpika in Mpika District in the Muchinga Province of Zambia.
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Lead
Chilonga is a town 25 kilometres south-southwest of Mpika in Mpika District in the Muchinga Province of Zambia.
View the Source2. Opentopodata: Opentopodata: SRTM 90 m elevation at the town coordinates
OpentopodataAPI answer, elevation field, band from the elevationQuote, API answer, elevation field, band from the elevation
"elevation": 1523.0
3. Zambia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead, landlocked countryQuote, Lead, landlocked country
is a landlocked country in Southern Africa
4. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell -12.25 31.25Quote, Grid cell -12.25 31.25
-12.25 31.25 Cwa
5. IANA Time Zone Database: tz database zone1970.tab
IANA Time Zone Databasezone1970.tab, row listing ZMQuote, zone1970.tab, row listing ZM
Central Africa Time
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