Zambezi

Zambezi is a town in the of , lying on the Zambezi River, west of . It is at the western end of the M8 road. It is known for the palaces of the chiefs of the Lunda and Lovale people.
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  • Type: Town with 26,900 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Balovale” and “Zambezi, Zambia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zambezi Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving the town of Zambezi in the Northwestern Province of . The airport is within the town, and just east of the Zambezi River. The Zambezi non-directional beacon is located on the field.

Zambezi

Latitude
-13.55008° or 13° 33′ 0″ south
Longitude
23.11521° or 23° 6′ 55″ east
Population
26,900
Elevation
1,079 metres (3,540 feet)
IATA airport code
BBZ
United Nations Location Code
ZM BBZ
Open location code
5GR5C4X8+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 352764186
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
895953
Wiki­data ID
Q145470
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Zambezi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر زامبيزي”
  • Bulgarian: “Замбези (град)”
  • Bulgarian: “Замбези”
  • Catalan: “Zambesi”
  • Cebuano: “Zambezi”
  • Chinese: “贊比西”
  • Chinese: “赞比西”
  • Chinese: “赞比西河”
  • Czech: “Zambezi”
  • Danish: “Zambezi”
  • Dutch: “Zambezi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر زامبيزى”
  • Esperanto: “Zambezi”
  • Estonian: “Zambezi”
  • Finnish: “Sambesi”
  • French: “Zambèze”
  • French: “Zambezi”
  • Fulah: “Zambezi, Zambia”
  • German: “Zambezi”
  • Hebrew: “זמבזי”
  • Hungarian: “Zambézi”
  • Icelandic: “Sambesí”
  • Ido: “Zambezi”
  • Interlingua: “Zambezi”
  • Italian: “Zambesi”
  • Italian: “Zambezi”
  • Japanese: “ザンベジ”
  • Japanese: “ザンベジ川”
  • Lithuanian: “Zambezė”
  • Moksha: “Замбэзи”
  • Norwegian: “Zambezi”
  • Polish: “Zambezi”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Zambeze”
  • Portuguese: “Zambeze”
  • Portuguese: “Zambezi”
  • Romanian: “Zambezi, Zambia”
  • Romanian: “Zambezi”
  • Russian: “Замбези”
  • Serbian: “Замбези”
  • Slovenian: “Zambezi”
  • Spanish: “Zambeze”
  • Spanish: “Zambezi”
  • Swahili: “Zambezi”
  • Swedish: “Zambesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Замбезі”
  • Western Mari: “Замбези (хала)”
  • Western Mari: “Замбези”
  • Zulu: “Zambezi, Zambiya”

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