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Zimba

Eastern Africa

Zimba is a market town in southern Zambia, 70 kilometres north-east of Livingstone, on the main road and railway line to Lusaka, according to its English Wikipedia article. GeoNames records it as a populated place of Zambia's Southern Province, at about 17.314 degrees south and 26.196 degrees east. Neither of these two sources gives a population figure for the town, so none is stated here, and neither gives a founding date. The town therefore stands on the same road and railway corridor that runs between the Livingstone area in the south and the capital Lusaka, as the article's own description of its position states. Zambia has no coastline, so the town lies inland, and the whole country keeps Central Africa Time.

Facts
Elevation (m)
1239 1
Latitude
17.314397 degrees south 2
Longitude
26.196432 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": 1239.0
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2. GeoNames: Zimba, Zambia (GeoNames)
GeoNames
  • Search result, latitude
    -17.314397 26.196432 Zambia, Southern Province
  • Search result, longitude
    -17.314397 26.196432 Zambia, Southern 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 -17.25 26.25
Quote, Grid cell -17.25 26.25
-17.25 26.25 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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Zimba, Zambia (Wikipedia)
  • Part Of: Zambia, Lead
    is a market town in southern Zambia
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Lead, Zambia
    is a market town in southern Zambia
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