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Synonyms for mpika or Related words with mpika
chipata
solwezi
mongu
mkushi
mchinji
kapiri
serenje
sesheke
mposhi
mulilo
mpulungu
kitale
isoka
katima
kasungu
palapye
songea
mwinilunga
mbeya
gobabis
karonga
kigoma
dedza
nchelenge
bukoba
chikwawa
chinsali
musoma
mpanda
chingola
ntchisi
francistown
mwanza
nsanje
mzuzu
kalabo
monze
keetmanshoop
grootfontein
masasi
otjiwarongo
masaka
moroto
lushoto
lukulu
iringa
mahalapye
kazungula
kasese
lilongwe
Examples of "mpika"
Mpika
has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: "Cwa").
1993-1999: George Telesphore Mpundu, Bishop of
Mpika
Mpika
District is a district of Zambia, located in Muchinga Province. The capital lies at
Mpika
. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 146,196 people.
2002-2008: George Telesphore Mpundu, Bishop of
Mpika
and then archbishop of Lusaka
and the Chalabesa (St. Joseph) mission among the Bisa in the
Mpika
District.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker, in the city of
Mpika
.
When the
Mpika
-Tanzania highway (the Tanzam Highway) via Tunduma was upgraded in the 1960s and provided a good route through to Dar es Salaam and Arusha, this section became known as the Great North Road rather than the
Mpika
-Mbala section which might be referred to as the "Old Great North Road".
A road connecting Lusaka with Tanzania runs through the province, passing
Mpika
and Isoka. In
Mpika
, another major road branches north to Kasama. Chama is connected with Lusaka by a different road which follows the Luangwa River and passes Petauke and Nyimba, connecting to the Great East Road.
The tourism sector is growing steadily in and around
Mpika
. "
Mpika
Tourism Association" is a newly founded non-profit organisation providing information and linkages to local accommodation and service providers; the information centre/office is situated at "Bayama's Lodge" behind Continental Filling Station.
Mpika
town offers a good market with local products, 3 filling stations, supermarket, accommodation of all standards. Various piturescque waterfalls are situated in the whole region. North- and South Luangwa National Parks are just 5–8 hours away, but the roads are seasonal (please asked at info-centre). Touristic Highlights of the region are Shiwa Ng'andu (colonial style manor house), Kapishya Hotsprings, Mutinondo Wilderness Camp, Nachikufu caves (rock paintings).
Mpika
is a town in the Muchinga Province of Zambia, lying at the junction of the Great North Road to Kasama and Mbala and the Tanzam Highway to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It also has a railway station on the TAZARA Railway about 5 km away.
Mpika
is situated between the Muchinga Escarpment to the east and vast Miombo plains to the west. The town has an estimated population of 40,000 inhabitants (2008), while the district population is estimated 150,000 inhabitants. Since
Mpika
District is the biggest district in Zambia the population density is less than 4 people per square kilometre.
An extension from Mchinji to Chipata in Zambia opened in 2010, and there is a proposal to eventually link up from there with the TAZARA railway at
Mpika
.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of
Mpika
() is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Kasama, also in Zambia.
In 1936 he established the missions of Katibunga, Christ the King (
Mpika
) and Mulilansolo near Isoka and St. John the Apostle, (Chinsali).
The diocese was created on October 29, 2011 by the Papal bull "Cum nuper" of Pope Benedict XVI, taking territories of the dioceses of
Mpika
and Lusaka.
Mpika
is a major intermediate railway station on the TAZARA railway in northern Zambia. It has a passenger station, and many goods sidings.
In about 1930,
Mpika
was selected as a way-point on the air route from Europe to South Africa, and an airfield was built there. Gervas Clay was posted to Luwingu in 1930 as a Provincial Administrator in Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service. One of his tasks was to arrange for the purchase and transport of dried fish and maize to
Mpika
to supply the construction workers.
At the centre of
Mpika
railway station is a crossing loop and several parallel sidings mainly used for shunting. The passenger station with a grand entrance is located at this point with a prominent road opposite.
In 1989, Scott was hired by a British international humanitarian organisation who asked her to work in Zambia. She arrived in Zambia in July 1989 at the age of 26 and was placed in the northeast town of
Mpika
, Muchinga Province, by her employer. By 1991, she was living in the village of Chitulika, the home of future President Michael Sata's father. Scott met her future husband, Guy Scott, during the run-up to the 1991 Zambian general election. He was working on Michael Sata's election campaign for the
Mpika
constituency seat at the time of their meeting. She and Sata were mutual acquaintances at that time since
Mpika
was his hometown and her development project was overseen by the government Ministry of State, which was headed by Sata.
The Great North Road is in steady state of repair, still it take from Lusaka (ca. 640 km) around 8 hours, Kasama (ca. 230 km) is appr. 3 hours away and Nakonde (Zambian Border Post to Tanzania, 380 km) appr. 5 hours. Several bus operators offer coach services in all directions, but operate only over night (Lusaka to
Mpika
estm. US$25). In 2007, an extension of Malawi Railways From Mchinji and Chipata to
Mpika
was proposed, with a junction linking with the TAZARA Railway.
One pot-hole north of
Mpika
became famous because a cormorant took up residence on it. This sounds like a tall story but I saw the cormorant with my own eyes, departing in haste as the lorry began its descent into the unplumbed depths of the hole."