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==Location and significance==
==Location and significance==
[[File:Nakonde border.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|Trucks at Nakonde border]]
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.  
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]], through to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.  
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]], through to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.  


==Tourism==
Nakonde also has tourist attractions with the legendary Ngoni King [[Zwangedaba]] buried 35km away from the town centre.
Nakonde also has tourist attractions with the legendary Ngoni King [[Zwangedaba]] buried 35km away from the town centre.  


==Development==
==Development==
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 travelers into the town.
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 travelers into the town. In recent years, few few commercial banks have opened in Nakonde.  


 
Some of the major healthcare centers include [[Nakonde Rural Health Centre]] and [[Mwiza Private Clinic]].
 
 
 
'''Banks and Money Transfer'''
 
There are a few commercial banks in Nakonde. ATM services are available too. There are facilities for sending and receiving cash to and from any part of the world.
 
==Clinics and Hospitals==
*[[Nakonde Rural Health Centre]]
*[[Mwiza Private Clinic]]


==Places of Interest==
==Places of Interest==
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• First United Church of Zambia (UCZ) was built in Nakonde around 1914.
• First United Church of Zambia (UCZ) was built in Nakonde around 1914.
• Graves of German soldiers that fought during the World War.
• Graves of German soldiers that fought during the World War.
''Communication''
Internet business in Nakonde has the potential of doing very well. The Post Office is about the only place with reliable Internet in Nakonde. There is scope for a business centre in town providing typing, printing, photocopying telephone services and KIL Photo Studio.
''Tourism''
Although the number of lodges and guest houses is on the increase, there is still need for more establishments. Looking at the number of visitors to Nakonde a hotel in the area will be a good idea. A private museum could help store the rich history of the Namwanga people and their artifacts. An information centre in town and at the grave site for Zwangendaba who is buried about 30 kilometres from the town centre.
''Mining''
Nakonde is not very far from Lundazi which is well known for gemstones. Legal mining can help create employment.
''Manufacturing''
Almost everything in Nakonde is imported from neighbouring Tanzania. Zambian and foreign investors will do well to set up a manufacturing plant in the area and export to the neighbouring countries of Tanzania, Malawi and Democratic Republic of Congo.
''Agriculture''
Right from Mkushi to Nakonde, the land is very fertile and suitable for a number of cash crops. However, Nakonde depends on Tanzania even for fresh maize and tomatoes except for millet. There is need for some research about which crops can do well and encourage local people to invest.
''Housing and Office Space''
There is need for provision of quality but affordable housing units for the growing population in Nakonde. There are few office blocks in Nakonde. Investors can set up a chain of office blocks to accommodate the ever increasing number of small companies especially government workers and clearing agents.
''Shopping Mall''
There is no shopping mall in Nakonde. People there depend on the nearby Tunduma town in Tanzania for serious shopping. A mall in Nakonde would offer the residents and visitors a valuable service and profit for the investors.
<Musanshi, M. (2010) Discover Nakonde -2009/2010. Lusaka: Tourism News.>


==References==
==References==
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*Machova Musanshi, Discover Nakonde -2009/2010. Lusaka: Tourism News


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