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The Chirundu Petrified Forest is an area of fossil trees 21 km west of Chirundu, lying just south of the road from Chrundu to Kafue near the junction with the road to Siavonga. It is a listed National Monument of Zambia. [2] [3] On the Zimbabwe side the township is also called Chirundu. [4]
Before 2012, Chirundu was part of Siavonga District in the Southern Province of Zambia.Then, President Michael Sata decided in 2012 to create the Chirundu District (which consequentially led to the Chirundu Constituency being created for the next general election), effectively declaring that Chirundu will have its own town council administration (no-longer under Siavonga).
The village on the other side of the border is also named Chirundu. Seventeen km (11 mi) before Chirundu, the T2 meets the northern terminus of the M15 road, which is the road that provides access to the tourist town of Siavonga on the Zambezi River adjacent to the Kariba Dam and a border connecting to the town of Kariba on the Zimbabwean side. [2]
The Chirundu-Harare Highway is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link Nr 22) as well as the Trans-African Highway Nr 9 (Beira-Lobito Highway). On the Zambian side the highway continues north as T2 Highway, through Zambia's Capital City , to Tunduma, the border between Zambia and Tanzania.
When you live Chinhoyi towards Karoi about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) north, (that's about 136 kilometres (85 mi) from Harare and about before 251 kilometres (156 mi) from Chirundu Border Post is the Chinhoyi Caves Recreational Park, besides the road. The caves are a network of tunnels and caverns which are fascinating places to visit.
This location lies about 200 kilometres (120 mi), northwest of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital and largest city. [3] Karoi lies along the main road, Highway A-1, between Harare and Chirundu , at the International border with the Republic of Zambia , about 170 kilometres (110 mi), further northwest of Karoi. [ 4 ]
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Lion's Den sits on Highway A-1, the main road from Harare to Chirundu, at the International border with Zambia, about 230 kilometres (140 mi), further northwest from Lion's Den. [3] The coordinates of the town are: Latitude:-17.2700; Longitude:30.0250 (17° 16' 12.00"S, 30° 1' 30.00"E). The town sits at an altitude of 3,776 feet (1,151 m ...