Nchelenge

Nchelenge is a town in Luapula Province in northern Zambia, on the south-eastern shore of Lake Mweru. It adjoins Kashikishi and the two are often referred to together as Nchelenge-Kashikishi: Nchelenge is the seat of the district government and national agencies for the Zambian part of the lake, while Kashikishi is the market and fisheries centre. It was upgraded from a sub-district of Kawambwa District to a district in 1997. Ferries sail to Kilwa Island and Isokwe, and in 2001 a large motorised barge began carrying trucks of copper concentrate from the Dikulushi Mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo across the lake to Nchelenge, from where they travel to Namibia. The tarred surface of the province's main highway ends at the town, and a dirt road continues north to Chiengi and the Congo border.