Kashikishi

Kashikishi is a town on the south-eastern shore of Lake Mweru in the Luapula Province of Zambia, just north of the district headquarters Nchelenge. The two are close enough to be considered twin towns and are often referred to together as Nchelenge-Kashikishi. Where Nchelenge is the seat of the district government and national agencies, Kashikishi is the market and fisheries centre. It is also the site of a government secondary school and of St Paul's Catholic Mission, which includes the largest hospital in Nchelenge District. The tarred surface of the province's principal highway ends here, giving good communication south to Mansa and Serenje, while a dirt road continues north to Chiengi and the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 1976 the population was approximately 1,500.