Itezhi-Tezhi is a small town in the Southern Province of Zambia and the seat of Itezhi-Tezhi District, lying west of Namwala on the border of Kafue National Park. The town came into existence when the Itezhi-Tezhi Dam was built on the Kafue River in the early 1970s to hold and regulate the flow of the river for the Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station downstream. Its provincial placement has changed: in February 2012 President Michael Sata directed that it be moved from Southern Province to Central Province, which the people of Southern Province rejected, though the move went ahead, and in November 2021 President Hakainde Hichilema returned it to Southern Province. The largest employer in the town is the electricity company ZESCO.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. City Population: Zambia: Cities and Urban Centers by population
City PopulationCities and Urban Centers table, 2022 census column
Itezhi-Tezhi SOU 5,027 6,876 13,858 22,449
Cities and Urban Centers table, census date 2022-08-18
Itezhi-Tezhi SOU 5,027 6,876 13,858 22,449
View the Source 2. 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": 1014.0
3. Zambia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead, landlocked country
is a landlocked country in Southern Africa
On Continent: Africa, Lead, location of Zambia in Africa
is a landlocked country in Southern Africa
View the Source 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 -15.75 26.25Quote, Grid cell -15.75 26.25
-15.75 26.25 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
Itezhi-Tezhi (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Zambia, Lead
Itezhi-Tezhi is a small town in the Southern Province of Zambia
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Lead, location in Zambia
Itezhi-Tezhi is a small town in the Southern Province of Zambia
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