Chilenje
Chilenje is a township residential area located in Lusaka city, Lusaka Province, Zambia. It consists of two sections, New Chilenje and Chilenje South. New Chilenje is composed mainly of British Colonial low cost houses suitable for bachelors.Places of Interest
Highlights include Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site and David Kaunda National Technical Secondary School.
Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site
Park
Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site is a national monument and official state burial ground located in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia. Situated along Independence Avenue opposite the Cabinet Office, the site serves as the final resting place for Zambia’s deceased presidents. Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site is situated 4 km northwest of Chilenje.
David Kaunda National Technical Secondary School
School
David Kaunda National STEM Secondary School, previously Hodgson Technical College, is a government boarding school in Zambia situated in woodlands Prospects Hill or main off Burma Road, along Yotamu Muleya Road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ridgeway and Kalingalinga.
Ridgeway
Suburb
Ridgeway is a neighborhood in the city of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Ridgeway is situated 3½ km northwest of Chilenje.
Kalingalinga
Suburb
Kalingalinga is a low-income, high-density settlement east of Lusaka, in Zambia. As of 2013, it comprised 25,000 to 30,000 residents, it borders the townships of Mtendere and Kabulonga, and many of its occupants are people who were discouraged from settling in Lusaka and moved as squatters to outlying regions of the city. Kalingalinga is situated 4½ km north of Chilenje.
Lusaka
Photo: Mondoka Zambia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lusaka, in Lusaka Province, is the capital of Zambia. It is a cosmopolitan city that is home to about 2.7 million people, approximately one in six Zambians. Lusaka is the centre of commerce and government in Zambia, and has several cultural facilities.
Chilenje
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in Zambia
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lusaka Province, Zambia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-15.44566° or 15° 26′ 44″ southLongitude
28.33507° or 28° 20′ 6″ eastElevation
1,289 metres (4,229 feet)Open location code
5GPCH83P+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 1149431335OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tumbuka—“Chilenje” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Chilenje”
- Irish: “Chilenje”
- Tumbuka: “Chilenje”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chilenje South and Woodlands.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chilenje Market and Kenneth Kaunda Chilenje House National Monument.
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