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Shangombo

Eastern Africa

Shangombo is a small town in Shangombo District in the Western Province of Zambia, and English Wikipedia calls it one of the most remote towns in the country. It lies on the eastern bank of the floodplain of the Cuando River, and the bank rather than the river channel forms the border with Angola. The town lies at the end of a sandy road, recently reconstructed, that runs 140 kilometres west across the sandy forested plain from the Kalongola Ferry across the Zambezi River just south of Senanga. GeoNames records it as a populated place at about 16.320 degrees south and 22.087 degrees east. Zambia has no coastline, so the town lies inland.

Facts
Elevation (m)
1026 1
Latitude
16.320126 degrees south 2
Longitude
22.087219 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Highland 1
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 5
Sources
1. Opentopodata: Opentopodata: SRTM 90 m elevation at the town coordinates
OpentopodataAPI answer, elevation field, band from the elevation
Quote, API answer, elevation field, band from the elevation
"elevation": 1026.0
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2. GeoNames: Shangombo, Zambia (GeoNames)
GeoNames
  • Search result, latitude
    -16.320126 22.087219 Zambia, Western Province
  • Search result, longitude
    -16.320126 22.087219 Zambia, Western Province
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3. Zambia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead, landlocked country
Quote, Lead, landlocked country
is a landlocked country in Southern Africa
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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 -16.25 22.25
Quote, Grid cell -16.25 22.25
-16.25 22.25 Cwa
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5. IANA Time Zone Database: tz database zone1970.tab
IANA Time Zone Databasezone1970.tab, row listing ZM
Quote, zone1970.tab, row listing ZM
Central Africa Time
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Shangombo (Wikipedia)
  • Part Of: Zambia, Lead
    in the Western Province of Zambia
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Lead, Zambia
    in the Western Province of Zambia
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