Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site
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.- Type: Park
- Description: The first official burial and memorial site for Zambian Presidents
- Also known as: “Embassy Memorial Park”, “Embassy Park”, “Embassy Park Lusaka”, “Presidential Burial Site”, and “Presidential Burial Site National Monument”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lusaka National Museum and David Kaunda National Technical Secondary School.
Lusaka National Museum
Museum
The Lusaka National Museum is a museum located in Lusaka, Zambia, covering the history and culture of the nation. Lusaka National Museum is situated 2 km west of Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site.
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. David Kaunda National Technical Secondary School is situated 1½ km southeast of Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site.
First Capital Bank Zambia Limited
Bank
First Capital Bank Zambia Limited, is a commercial bank in Zambia that is licensed by the Bank of Zambia, the national banking regulator. It is a subsidiary of FMBCapital Holdings Plc, a financial services conglomerate, based in Mauritius, whose shares of stock are listed on the Malawi Stock Exchange and has subsidiaries in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. First Capital Bank Zambia Limited is situated 1½ km northwest of Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ridgeway and Lusaka.
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.
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 3½ km northeast of Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site.
Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site
- Categories: burial and recreation area
- Location: Lusaka Province, Zambia, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-15.42173° or 15° 25′ 18″ southLongitude
28.30931° or 28° 18′ 34″ eastOpen location code
5GPCH8H5+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 436890691OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q107337223
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “使館公園總統陵園”
- Danish: “Embassy Park”
- Esperanto: “Embassy Park”
- Nyanja: “Embassy Park”
- Swedish: “Embassy Park”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Embassy of the Russian Federation and Ministry of Home Affairs.
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