Kalabo is an urban centre and the seat of Kalabo District in the Western Province of Zambia. It stands on the plains west of the Zambezi River and the Barotse Floodplain, on the bank of the Luanginga River, where a small pontoon ferry links it to a dirt track running north-west towards the Angolan border. By road it lies about 660 kilometres west of Lusaka and about 58 kilometres east of Sikongo, and the town is the base for visits to Liuwa Plain National Park. The 2010 census counted 2,178 people in the town and an estimate for 2020 gave 7,731. The completed Mongu-Kalabo Road, 70 kilometres long and crossing the floodplain on the Barotse Floodplain Causeway, ended the isolation the town suffered when rains cut the old dirt tracks, and Kalabo Airport lies about 4 kilometres to the west.
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Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. City Population: Zambia: Cities and Urban Centers by population
City PopulationCities and Urban Centers table, 2022 census column
Kalabo WES ... ... 2,178 18,477 0
Cities and Urban Centers table, census date 2022-08-18
Kalabo WES ... ... 2,178 18,477 0
View the Source 2. Opentopodata: Opentopodata: SRTM 90 m elevation at the town coordinates
OpentopodataAPI answer, elevation field, band from the elevationQuote, API answer, elevation field, band from the elevation
"elevation": 1029.0
3. Zambia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead, landlocked countryQuote, Lead, landlocked country
is a landlocked country in Southern Africa
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 -14.75 22.75Quote, Grid cell -14.75 22.75
-14.75 22.75 Aw
5. IANA Time Zone Database: tz database zone1970.tab
IANA Time Zone Databasezone1970.tab, row listing ZMQuote, zone1970.tab, row listing ZM
Central Africa Time
Kalabo (Wikipedia)
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Kalabo is an urban centre and the seat of Kalabo District, in the Western Province of Zambia.
Part Of: Zambia, Lead
Kalabo is an urban centre and the seat of Kalabo District, in the Western Province of Zambia.
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Lead
Kalabo is an urban centre and the seat of Kalabo District, in the Western Province of Zambia.
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