Chembe is a border town in Chembe District in the Luapula Province of Zambia . It once had the Chembe Ferry as a means of crossing the Luapula River from DR Congo to Zambia; but now, it is the home of the Mwanawasa Bridge (opened in October 2008), named after former president Levy Mwanawasa . The Mwanawasa Bridge connects the M3 road to the Congo Pedicle road , a dirt highway maintained by Zambia through Congolese territory to link Mansa (formerly known as Fort Rosebery) to the Copperbelt .
3-622: Levy Mwanawasa (Chembe) Bridge, commissioned in October 2008 for a cost of US$ 1.5 million. The 350-metre bridge has helped transportation difficulties brought about by the Chembe Ferry of old. With the pronouncement of Chembe as a new District , it has seen significant economic growth. In 2016, the government launched the development of the Chembe Multi-facility Economic Zone . In December 2015, MANSA Sugar Limited , which
6-622: The district was projected to go to a number of up to 28,919. This Zambia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Chembe District Chembe District is a district of Zambia , located in Luapula Province . The capital lies at Chembe . It was created in 2012 by splitting Mansa District . As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 51,532 people. 10°25′S 29°00′E / 10.417°S 29.000°E / -10.417; 29.000 This Zambia location article
9-629: Was incorporated in 2014, proposed to set up a sugar plantation and processing factory in Chembe, Luapula for US$ 60 million. The Factory was commissioned in September 2018. Capacity: 500,000 tonnes of sugarcane per annum and 44,380 tonnes of white mill sugar. In July 2016, Mansa Chilli Limited began constructing chili-processing plant in the Chembe Multi-Facility Economic Zone. In 2010 Chembe district had 23,394 inhabitants, and in 2019
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