Lake Tshangalele
Lake Tshangalele, also known as Lake Lufira or Mwadingusha Reservoir, is an artificial lake in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is located about 20 km east of the city of Likasi in the old province of Katanga.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Congo-Kinshasa
- Also known as: “lac Lufira”, “Lake Lufira”, “Mwadingusha Reservoir”, “Tshangalele”, “Мвадингуша”, and “Чангалеле”
Lake Tshangalele
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-10.88056° or 10° 52′ 50″ south
Longitude
26.9925° or 26° 59′ 33″ east
Elevation
1,120 metres (3,675 feet)
Open location code
5GX84X9V+Q2
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Welsh—“Lake Tshangalele” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ရှန်ဂလီလီကန်”
- Cebuano: “Lac Tshangalele”
- Chinese: “卢菲拉湖”
- Chinese: “盧菲拉湖”
- Dutch: “Lake Tshangalele”
- French: “lac Tshangalele”
- French: “Lac Tshangalele”
- German: “Lake Tshangalele”
- Hausa: “Lake Tshangalele”
- Italian: “lago Tshangalele”
- Italian: “Lago Tshangalele”
- Japanese: “チャンガルル湖”
- Kongo: “Dizanga Tshangalele”
- Lingala: “Laki ya Tshangalele”
- Russian: “Луфира”
- Spanish: “Lago Tshangalele”
- Swahili: “Ziwa la Tshangalele”
- Swahili: “Ziwa Tshangalele”
- Swedish: “Lac Tshangalele”
- Tswana: “Letsha la Tshangalele”
- Welsh: “Llyn Tshangalele”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kisunka and Saint Gerard.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Lac de Retenue de la Lufira and Réserve de Biosphére la Lufira.
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Worth a closer look: Kinshasa and Virunga National Park.
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