Livingstone Memorial
The Livingstone Memorial, built in 1899, marks the spot where missionary explorer David Livingstone died on 1 May 1873, in Chief Chitambo's village at Chipundu, near the edge of the Bangweulu Swamps in Zambia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Memorial
- Description: The Livingstone Monument was built in 1899, and marks the point where missionary and explorer David Livingstone died on May 4, 1873 in the village of Chief Chitambo at Ilala, southeast of Lake Bangweulu (present-day Zambia).
- Also known as: “David Livingstone Memorial”
Livingstone Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Central Province, Zambia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-12.30009° or 12° 18′ 0″ southLongitude
30.29111° or 30° 17′ 28″ eastElevation
1,187 metres (3,894 feet)Open location code
5GVGM7XR+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3838770044OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Livingstone Memorial” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Livingstone-gedenkteken”
- Armenian: “Լիվինգստոնի հուշարձան”
- Azerbaijani: “Livinqston memorialı”
- Belarusian: “Мемарыял Лівінгстона”
- Danish: “Livingstone Memorial”
- French: “mémorial de Livingstone”
- French: “Mémorial de Livingstone”
- Georgian: “ლივინგსტონის მემორიალი”
- Greek: “Μνημείο Λίβινγκστον”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Livingstone Memorial”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Livingstone Memorial”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Càrn-cuimhne MhicDhùnLèibhe”
- Slovenian: “Livingstone Memorial, Zambija”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Livingstone”
- Swedish: “Old Chitambo”
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