Mumbwa

Mumbwa is a town in the Central Province of Zambia on the M9 road, and the centre of a district that covers the western part of the province next to Kafue National Park. The town is known for its cotton and has a ginnery, and the Zambia Air Force keeps a base in the district. The Ila, who speak a dialect called Sala, live mostly in the south and south-east of the district and the Kaonde in the north, with the Lenje to the north-east and smaller settlements of Lozi, Nkoya, Luvale, Tonga and Shona people. Prospecting for copper and gold led to small-scale mines, most of them now closed, though the gold mine at Luiri has been revived. Mumbwa has a humid subtropical climate with a wet season from November to March and a dry season from April to October.