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'''Nakonde District''' is a [[Districts of Zambia|district]] of [[Zambia]], located in [[Muchinga Province]]. The capital lies at [[Nakonde]]. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 75,135 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/yzm.html|title=Districts of Zambia|publisher=Statoids|accessdate=February 12, 2010}}</ref>
'''Nakonde District''' is a [[Districts of Zambia|district]] of [[Zambia]], located in [[Muchinga Province]]. The capital lies at [[Nakonde]]. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 75,135 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/yzm.html|title=Districts of Zambia|publisher=Statoids|accessdate=February 12, 2010}}</ref>


Nakonde' is one of Zambia's major border post towns in the Northern provvince (second to Chirundu on the Zambia/Zimbabwe border) in terms of being busy) with high traffic of business taking place. It lies on the border with Tanzania. It is about 1000&nbsp;km north of Lusaka the capital city. At least twenty bus coaches travel from Lusaka and the Copperbelt every day to Nakonde taking traders who go to buy various items from clothes, building materials to ordering cars from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Travellers can also travel by rail using the Tazara trains from Kapiri Mposhi in Central Zambia. The trains go right up to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Nakonde also has tourist attractions with the legendary Ngoni King Zwangedaba buried 35&nbsp;km away from the town Centre. The major languages spoken in Nakonde are Chinamwanga and Chibemba. Kiswahili is also spoken by the locals due to interaction with neighbouring Tanzania. Nakonde is a growing town with a lot of potential. New infrastructure such as Government offices have been built in recent years as well as new guest houses and lodges and eating places to cater for the many travellers into the town.
==Location and accessibility==
Nakonde is one of Zambia's major border post towns in the [[Northern Province]] with very high business traffic. It lies on the border with Tanzania. It is about 1,000km north of [[Lusaka]], the capital city.  
 
There are about twenty bus coaches that travel from Lusaka and [[Copperbelt]] every day to Nakonde transporting traders who go to buy various items from clothes, building materials or pick up vehicles from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Another available travel option is via rail with [[Tanzania Zambia Railways|TAZARA]] trains from [[Kapiri Mposhi]] in [[Central Province|Central Zambia]. The trains go up to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Nakonde also has tourist attractions with the legendary Ngoni King Zwangedaba buried 35&nbsp;km away from the town Centre. The major languages spoken in Nakonde are Chinamwanga and Chibemba. Kiswahili is also spoken by the locals due to interaction with neighbouring Tanzania. Nakonde is a growing town with a lot of potential. New infrastructure such as Government offices have been built in recent years as well as new guest houses and lodges and eating places to cater for the many travellers into the town.


'''Getting to Nakonde'''
'''Getting to Nakonde'''
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