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{{Infobox settlement | |||
| official_name = Matero | |||
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| settlement_type = City neighborhood | |||
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| latd = 15 | latm = 22| lats = 33| latNS = S | |||
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| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Zambia|Province]] | |||
| subdivision_name1 = [[Lusaka]] | |||
| subdivision_type2 = [[Parliament of Zambia|Constituency]] | |||
| subdivision_name2 = Matero Constrituency | |||
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'''Matero''', also '''Matero Township''' is a neighborhood in the city of [[Lusaka]], the capital of [[Zambia]]. | |||
==Location== | |||
The neighborhood is bordered to the northeast by the highway (T2), that stretches between [[Kabwe]] to the north, through Lusaka to [[Kafue]] to the south.To the southeast,the border is Lumumba Road. Umuzilikazi Road marks the neighborhood's southern border. The western border is the river that starts near the southern end of Chitanda Road and flows northwestwards until it crosses the same street near the Chitanda Sewerage pond. The northern border of Matero stretches from the Chitanda pond to the west, through Chitanda Cemetery, to end at the T2 highway, immediately north of National Heroes Stadium.<ref name="View">{{google maps|accessdate=16 April 2016 | |||
|title=Map of Lusaka Showing the Boundaries of Matero| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Matero,+Lusaka,+Zambia/@-15.3954621,28.3411562,11.5z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x1940f5a2f971faab:0xe5030f49d59ca342}}</ref> The coordinates of Matero are: 15°22'33.0"S, 28°15'47.0"E (Latitude:-15.375823; Longitude:28.263054).<ref>{{google maps | |||
|accessdate=16 April 2016|title=Location of Matero, Lusaka | |||
|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/15%C2%B022'33.0%22S+28%C2%B015'47.0%22E/@-15.3814623,28.2550168,13.83z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0}}</ref> | |||
==Overview== | |||
Matero, Lusaka is a high-density, working class neighborhood. The neighborhood faces many challenges including<ref name="Problems">{{cite web | url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=25427 | title=Matero constituency in dawn of development | accessdate=16 April 2016 | date=5 April 2015 | last=Chisha | first=Christine | location=Lusaka | newspaper=[[Zambia Daily Mail]]}}</ref> high unemployment, inadequate health facilities, poor water supply, poor roads, poor drainage system, insufficient security, and prostitution.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://lusakavoice.com/2014/01/19/abuja-sex-den-queens-terrorise-matero/| title='Abuja' sex den queens terrorise Matero | accessdate=16 April 2016|publisher=[[Lusaka Voice]] | |||
|date=19 January 2014}}</ref> The neighborhood has its own constituency in the Zambian Parliament.<ref name="Problems"/> | |||
Two national stadia are located in Matero, Independence Stadium and the much larger Heroes National Stadium.<ref name="View"/> | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[Lusaka]] | |||
* [[List of banks in Zambia]] | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
== External links == | |||
*[http://www.lcc.gov.zm/ Website of Lusaka City Council] | |||
[[Category:Neighborhoods of Lusaka]] | |||
[[Category:Populated places in Zambia]] | |||
[[Category:Lusaka]] | |||
