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From Solwezi, the T5 road turns south-south-west and goes for 30 kilometres, through the Humphrey Mulemba Toll Plaza, [3] to the town of Mutanda, where it meets the M8 road (Mutanda-Zambezi Road), which is a road connecting to Kasempa, Kabompo and Zambezi Town. As they meet at a T-junction and the road southwards is the M8, the T5 becomes the ...
Solwezi is located on the Chingola–Solwezi–Mwinilunga Road (T5 Road of Zambia), approximately 177 kilometres (110 mi) north-west of Chingola [2] and approximately 275 kilometres (171 mi) south-east of Mwinilunga, in the extreme northwest of the country. [3]
Zambia, [b] officially the Republic of Zambia, [c] is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa. [8] It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa.
The runway at Solwezi airport is a 2,700m (8,858 ft) asphalt runway with 115 and 65 metres (377 and 213 ft) paved overruns on the east and west ends respectively to keep aircraft from overrunning the runway. Solwezi also has a non-directional beacon (Ident: SW) located on the field to help aircraft navigate towards the airport. [6]
The provincial capital is Solwezi. The literacy rate stood at 63 per cent in 2010 against a national average of 70.2 per cent. The rural population constituted 77.45%, while the urban population was 22.55%.
The M8 road begins in Mutanda, Kalumbila District (30 kilometres south-south-west of Solwezi), at a t-junction with the T5 road between Solwezi and Mwinilunga.The route begins by going southwards for 85 kilometres up to the settlement named Kawana in Kasempa District, where it meets the western terminus of the M18 road from Lufwanyama and Kitwe in the Copperbelt Province.
The town lies on the west bank of the West Lunga River, along the Chingola–Solwezi–Mwinilunga Road (T5 Road of Zambia), which continues north-westwards to Caianda, in Angola. Mwinilunga is located approximately 275 kilometres (171 mi), by road, west of Solwezi , the provincial capital. [ 2 ]
Solwezi District is a district of Zambia, located in North-Western Province. The capital lies at Solwezi . As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 332,623 people.