Lundazi

Lundazi is a town in the Eastern Province of Zambia, close to the border with Malawi and about 187 kilometres north of Chipata. It is known as a boma, an administrative centre, and was a colonial headquarters before becoming the seat of Lundazi District. The town is perched high above the eastern side of the Luangwa Valley and lies near a quiet border crossing into Malawi. Its best-known building is a hotel built in the form of a Norman castle, begun in 1948 by the District Commissioner Errol Lancelot Button, who dammed a swamp where the Lundazi and Msuzi rivers met, and the reservoir now supplies the town's water. The spoken language is Tumbuka and the main livelihoods are agriculture and trading. The district council is made up of 25 wards and 11 chiefdoms.