Kapiri Mposhi

Kapiri Mposhi is a Zambian town and the seat of Kapiri Mposhi District in Central Province, standing on the Great North Road north of Lusaka. It is significant for the railway connection between the Zambia Railways line from Kitwe to Lusaka and the western terminus, New Kapiri Mposhi, of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority line from Dar es Salaam, open since 1976. The town lies in the middle of Zambia next to the boundary with Copperbelt Province, about 60 km north of Kabwe and 110 km south of Ndola, and is surrounded by eight districts. It sits at the junction of the T2 road, the Great North Road to Kabwe, Lusaka, Mpika and Tanzania, and the T3 road to Ndola, Kitwe, Chingola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The referee Janny Sikazwe is among its notable residents.