Eastern Zambia
The Luangwa Valley, largely covered by the Eastern Province of Zambia is, arguably, the least developed. Some say this is because it's simply the most inaccessible.Photo: CMusonda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Chipata and South Luangwa National Park.
Chipata
Photo: CMusonda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chipata is a growing multi-cultural town in Eastern Zambia, and is a popular refueling station for overlanders on their way east to Malawi, west to South Luangwa National Park, or north to Lundazi.
South Luangwa National Park
Photo: Geoff Gallice, CC BY 2.0.
Considered to be one of the greatest wildlife sanctuaries in the world, South Luangwa National Park is one of Zambia's main draws. This 9,050 km2 park is centered on the Luangwa River and is home to one of Africa's largest concentrations of wildlife.
Lundazi
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lundazi began as a British Overseas Military Administration in Zambia. In other words, it was a colonial headquarters. Today, it is the District Capital -- or "county seat" -- for Lundazi District, which is the central portion of Eastern Zambia.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Chama and North Luangwa National Park.
Chama
Chama is the town that is the government seat of the Chama district in the Eastern Province of Zambia. Chama is populated by the Senga and some Tumbuka peoples. Chisenga is the primary language, though Chitumbuka is widely understood and spoken, as is Nyanja.North Luangwa National Park
North Luangwa National Park is a national park in Eastern Zambia, a short flight away from South Luangwa National Park. It was until 2005 the domain of a limited number of safari operators who held a government concession.Mfuwe
Photo: Lord Mountbatten, Public domain.
Mfuwe is the main settlement of South Luangwa National Park in the Eastern Province of Zambia, serving the tourism industry and wildlife conservation in the Luangwa Valley.
Eastern Zambia
- Type: State with 1,900,000 residents
- Description: province of Zambia
- Also known as: “Eastern Province”, “Eastern Province, Zambia”, and “東方省”
- Categories: province of Zambia and locality
- Location: Zambia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
-13.6515° or 13° 39′ 5″ southLongitude of center
31.9959° or 31° 59′ 45″ eastPopulation
1,900,000Elevation
818 metres (2,684 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Eastern Zambia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Oostelike Provinsie”
- Amharic: “Eastern Province”
- Arabic: “المحافظة الشرقية”
- Azerbaijani: “Şərq provinsiyası”
- Belarusian: “Усходняя правінцыя”
- Bengali: “ইস্টার্ন প্রদেশ”
- Bulgarian: “Източна провинция”
- Catalan: “Província de l’Est”
- Cebuano: “Eastern Province (lalawigan sa Zambia)”
- Cebuano: “Eastern Province”
- Chinese: “Tang-pō͘ Séng”
- Chinese: “东方省”
- Chinese: “东部省”
- Chinese: “東部省”
- Danish: “Eastern Province”
- Danish: “Eastern”
- Dutch: “Eastern”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Provinco”
- Estonian: “Idaprovints”
- Finnish: “Itäinen maakunta”
- Finnish: “Itäinen provinssi”
- French: “Orientale”
- French: “Province de l’Est”
- French: “Province orientale”
- French: “Zambie orientale”
- Galician: “Provincia Oriental, Zambia”
- Galician: “Provincia Oriental”
- Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთის პროვინცია”
- German: “Ostprovinz”
- German: “ZM-03”
- Greek: “Ανατολική Επαρχία”
- Gujarati: “પૂર્વીય પ્રાંત”
- Hausa: “Lardin Gabas”
- Hebrew: “האזור המזרחי”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी प्रांत”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Timur, Zambia”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Timur”
- Italian: “Provincia orientale”
- Italian: “Provincia Orientale”
- Italian: “Zambia orientale”
- Japanese: “東部州 (ザンビア)”
- Japanese: “東部州”
- Javanese: “Provinsi Wétan”
- Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
- Kazakh: “Шығыс провинциясы”
- Kirghiz: “Чыгыш провинциясы”
- Korean: “동부주”
- Kotava: “ZambiaEasternWinka”
- Latvian: “Austrumu province”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų provincija”
- Malay: “Eastern Province”
- Marathi: “पूर्व प्रांत”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tang-pō͘ Séng (Zambia)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tang-pō͘ Séng”
- Northern Frisian: “Eastern”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eastern Province”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eastern”
- Norwegian: “Eastern”
- Oromo: “Naannoo Bahaasaa”
- Panjabi: “ਪੂਰਬੀ ਸੂਬਾ”
- Persian: “استان شرقی (زامبیا)”
- Persian: “استان شرقی”
- Polish: “Prowincja Wschodnia”
- Portuguese: “Oriental”
- Portuguese: “Província Oriental”
- Pushto: “شرقي ولایت”
- Romanian: “Provincia de Est, Zambia”
- Romanian: “Provincia de Est”
- Russian: “Восточная Замбия”
- Russian: “Восточная провинция”
- Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර පළාත, සැම්බියාව”
- Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Eastern Province”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodna provinca”
- Slovenian: “ZM-03”
- Somali: “Gobolka Bari”
- Spanish: “Provincia del Este”
- Spanish: “Provincia Oriental”
- Swahili: “Eastern Province”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Masharik”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Mashariki”
- Swedish: “Eastern Province, Zambia”
- Swedish: “Eastern”
- Swedish: “Östprovinsen”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Шарқӣ”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு மாகாணம்”
- Tatar: “Көнчыгыш Замбия”
- Tatar: “Көнчыгыш Провинциясы”
- Telugu: “తూర్పు ప్రావిన్స్”
- Telugu: “తూర్పు రాష్ట్రభాగం”
- Thai: “อีสเทิร์น โพวิ้น”
- Turkish: “Doğu Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Східна провінція”
- Urdu: “مشرقی صوبہ، زیمبیا”
- Uzbek: “Sharqiy provinciya”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Phía Đông”
- Western Mari: “Ирвел провинци”
- Zulu: “Eastern Province, Zambiya”
- Zulu: “Eastern Province”
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