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[[Image:ZM-Mansa.png|right|225px|Location of Mansa in Zambia]]<br />
'''Mansa''' is the capital of the [[Luapula Province]] of [[Zambia]], and headquarters of [[Mansa District, Zambia|Mansa District]]. It takes its name from the local Chief Mansa and the small Mansa River which flows west to the [[Luapula River]]. During British rule the city was named ''Fort Rosebery''.<br />
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==Situation and character==<br />
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[[Image:Marketplace in mansa zambia 1.jpg|right|thumbnail|225px|Market in Mansa]]<br />
In a province of beautiful rivers, waterfalls, lakes and wetlands, Mansa serves administrative and commercial functions, being situated on a relatively featureless plateau between the Luapula River to the west and [[Lake Bangweulu]] to the east. It does have the merit of being reasonably well located at the crossroads of the [[Copperbelt]]-[[Congo Pedicle]]-[[Chembe]]-[[Kawambwa]] road running south to north (partly paved), and the [[Serenje]]-[[Samfya]]-[[Luapula River|Luapula Valley]] road (all paved) running south-east to north-west. The main highway to the [[Northern Province, Zambia|Northern Province]] via [[Luwingu]] branches off the Kawambwa road north of Mansa, and is paved near [[Kasama, Zambia|Kasama]].<br />
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==Origins==<br />
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In [[Northern Rhodesia|colonial times]] Mansa was called Fort Rosebery and was also the headquarters of the province. The first Fort Rosebery, however was situated in the Luapula Valley around 1900, where most of the province's population live, near [[Mambilima]]. After an outbreak of [[African trypanosomiasis|sleeping sickness]] in the valley some years later it was moved to the present site in the belief that the higher plateau site would be more healthy.<br />
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The Luapula Province developed in the mid-20th century on the supply of fish, agricultural produce and labour to Zambia's industrial centre, the Copperbelt, and Mansa developed with it as an administrative and distribution centre.<br />
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==Recent history==<br />
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[[Image:shoprite in mansa, zambia.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|Shoprite in Mansa]]<br />
Over the last twenty years the town has grown considerably in population but not in prosperity since a decrease in employment in the mines of the Copperbelt forced a return to the land in areas such as the Luapula Province. Mansa lacks industries since the [[Battery (electricity)|battery]] factory closed in 1994, and in the absence of employment opportunities, ''[[chitemene]]'' (a form of [[subsistence]] farming) has degraded the surrounding woodlands appreciably. Nevertheless, as a commercial hub serving the whole province, the town is home to a daily market, banks, warehouses, a number of large stores and dealers, and a [[Shoprite (South Africa)|Shoprite]] supermarket.<br />
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==Climate==<br />
{{Weather box<br />
|location = Mansa, Zambia<br />
|metric first = yes<br />
|single line = yes<br />
|Jan record high C = 31.4<br />
|Feb record high C = 32.1<br />
|Mar record high C = 31.5<br />
|Apr record high C = 30.9<br />
|May record high C = 31.9<br />
|Jun record high C = 30.2<br />
|Jul record high C = 30.6<br />
|Aug record high C = 33.4<br />
|Sep record high C = 35.4<br />
|Oct record high C = 35.5<br />
|Nov record high C = 36.5<br />
|Dec record high C = 33.5<br />
|year record high C = 36.5<br />
|Jan high C = 27.1<br />
|Feb high C = 27.3<br />
|Mar high C = 27.4<br />
|Apr high C = 27.3<br />
|May high C = 26.7<br />
|Jun high C = 25.2<br />
|Jul high C = 25.2<br />
|Aug high C = 27.3<br />
|Sep high C = 30.4<br />
|Oct high C = 31.2<br />
|Nov high C = 29.2<br />
|Dec high C = 27.1<br />
|year high C = 27.6<br />
|Jan mean C = 20.8<br />
|Feb mean C = 20.9<br />
|Mar mean C = 20.9<br />
|Apr mean C = 20.6<br />
|May mean C = 18.8<br />
|Jun mean C = 16.5<br />
|Jul mean C = 16.6<br />
|Aug mean C = 18.6<br />
|Sep mean C = 21.8<br />
|Oct mean C = 23.2<br />
|Nov mean C = 22.2<br />
|Dec mean C = 20.8<br />
|year mean C = 20.1<br />
|Jan low C = 16.8<br />
|Feb low C = 16.8<br />
|Mar low C = 16.6<br />
|Apr low C = 15.4<br />
|May low C = 12.3<br />
|Jun low C = 9.1<br />
|Jul low C = 8.6<br />
|Aug low C = 10.4<br />
|Sep low C = 13.5<br />
|Oct low C = 16.1<br />
|Nov low C = 16.9<br />
|Dec low C = 16.8<br />
|year low C = 14.1<br />
|Jan record low C = 14.0<br />
|Feb record low C = 13.9<br />
|Mar record low C = 12.1<br />
|Apr record low C = 9.5<br />
|May record low C = 6.5<br />
|Jun record low C = 4.1<br />
|Jul record low C = 3.0<br />
|Aug record low C = 4.5<br />
|Sep record low C = 7.2<br />
|Oct record low C = 10.5<br />
|Nov record low C = 12.6<br />
|Dec record low C = 13.9<br />
|year record low C = 3.0<br />
|precipitation colour = green<br />
|Jan precipitation mm = 242.3<br />
|Feb precipitation mm = 219.2 <br />
|Mar precipitation mm = 199.1 <br />
|Apr precipitation mm = 61.1<br />
|May precipitation mm = 6.6<br />
|Jun precipitation mm = 0.1<br />
|Jul precipitation mm = 0.0<br />
|Aug precipitation mm = 0.1<br />
|Sep precipitation mm = 4.2<br />
|Oct precipitation mm = 41.2<br />
|Nov precipitation mm = 143.1<br />
|Dec precipitation mm = 259.6<br />
|year precipitation mm = 1176.6<br />
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm<br />
|Jan precipitation days = 22<br />
|Feb precipitation days = 18<br />
|Mar precipitation days = 17<br />
|Apr precipitation days = 7<br />
|May precipitation days = 1<br />
|Jun precipitation days = 0<br />
|Jul precipitation days = 0<br />
|Aug precipitation days = 0<br />
|Sep precipitation days = 0<br />
|Oct precipitation days = 4<br />
|Nov precipitation days = 15<br />
|Dec precipitation days = 22<br />
|year precipitation days = 106<br />
|Jan humidity = 79.5<br />
|Feb humidity = 79.4<br />
|Mar humidity = 77.4<br />
|Apr humidity = 73.4<br />
|May humidity = 66.3<br />
|Jun humidity = 60.9<br />
|Jul humidity = 58.1<br />
|Aug humidity = 52.4<br />
|Sep humidity = 46.1<br />
|Oct humidity = 48.0<br />
|Nov humidity = 61.9<br />
|Dec humidity = 76.0<br />
|year humidity = 65.0<br />
|Jan sun = 145.7<br />
|Feb sun = 134.4<br />
|Mar sun = 179.8<br />
|Apr sun = 213.0<br />
|May sun = 260.4<br />
|Jun sun = 258.0<br />
|Jul sun = 275.9<br />
|Aug sun = 294.5<br />
|Sep sun = 270.0<br />
|Oct sun = 251.1<br />
|Nov sun = 198.0<br />
|Dec sun = 142.6<br />
|year sun = 2623.4<br />
|source 1 = NOAA<ref name= NOAA>{{cite web<br />
| url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG__I/ZA/67461.TXT<br />
| title = Mansa MET Climate Normals 1961–1990<br />
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]<br />
| accessdate = April 5, 2015}}</ref><br />
|date=April 2015<br />
}}<br />
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==Proximity to the Congo==<br />
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Although only 50&nbsp;km east from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and cut off from the Copperbelt by the [[Congo Pedicle]], Mansa does not have direct trade links to that country. Wars and frequent conflict in the Congo over the past fifty years have frequently hindered the development of Mansa. The Luapula which forms the border is crossed by a passenger ferry to the north-west at Kasenga, and by a bridge to the south at [[Chembe]], but this connects through Congolese territory via Zambia's notorious and frequently impassable [[Congo Pedicle road]] only to the Copperbelt. Other roads on the Congolese side are severely degraded, consequently some Congolese trade passes on Zambian roads through Mansa, such as the output of the [[Dikulushi Copper Mine]] west of [[Lake Mweru]]. Otherwise, trade with the Congo is restricted to local produce and smuggling across the river.<br />
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==Transport==<br />
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[[Mansa Airport]] {{airport codes|MNS}} is a paved airstrip servicing Mansa twice a week by [[Proflight Zambia]]. Public transport is restricted to buses traveling between towns on the main highways listed above. With peace in the Congo, a bridge is under construction across the Luapula at Chembe to by-pass the ferry. Subsequent paving of the Pedicle Road will do much to improve Mansa's access to the Copperbelt, and may also increase trade between Kasama and the Copperbelt.<br />
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==Attractions==<br />
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[[Image:Catholic church in mansa.jpg|right|thumbnail|125px|Mansa Catholic Cathedral]]<br />
*Mansa Catholic Cathedral<br />
*Mansa Hotel<br />
*Mansa Teacher Training College<br />
*[[Mumbuluma Falls]]<br />
*Mansa School of Nursing<br />
*Mansa Trades Training Institute (M.T.T.I)<br />
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== PLARD I and II ==<br />
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[[Program for Luapula Agriculture and Rural Development-Phase I]] (PLARD I) (2007-2011)<br />
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The programme was based at the ZARI (agricultural research station), Mansa, 5&nbsp;km outside Mansa and managed by a Programme Management Unit (PMU). The PMU was managed by a Finnish Consultancy with main offices being located at the research station. PLARD I was a programme run in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and the Government of Finland.<br />
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[[Program for Luapula Agriculture and Rural Development-Phase II]] (PLARD II) (2011-2015).<br />
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The aim of PLARD II is to help increase income and food security for the people of Luapula Province by improving the institutional capacity of MAL at the provincial and district levels. It is implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) with technical support from a small Programme Support Unit (PSU) located close to the MAL Provincial Offices. The programme is jointly funded by the Government of Zambia and Government of Finland.<br />
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The province covers more than 50,000 km2 and has a population approaching one million people. MAL provincial and district structures implement the programme in the seven original districts of Luapula (four additional districts were created in 2012) working in 87 out of 179 agricultural camps, and 137 VFMCs.<br />
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PLARD II overall objective is: ''To achieve an efficient, competitive and sustainable agricultural and fisheries sector,ensuring increased income and food security for the people of Luapula Province''.<br />
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The programme has five components plus a crosscutting issues component: 1. '''Agribusiness''', 2. '''Agriculture''', 3. '''Capture Fisheries''', 4. '''Livestock and Aquaculture''', 5. '''Institutional and Organisational Development''' of MAL at provincial and district levels, and 6. '''Crosscutting Objectives''' that focuses particularly on gender, HIV/AIDS, vulnerable groups and environment/climate change.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* Camerapix: ''Spectrum Guide to Zambia.'' Camerapix International Publishing, Nairobi, 1996.<br />
* Terracarta/International Travel Maps, Vancouver Canada: ''Zambia, 2nd edition'', 2000.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://earth.google.com Google Earth]<br />
* [http://pictures.gergltd.com/index.php?album=Zambia+2009%2Flife-in-mansa A Tourist's Gallery of Mansa, Zambia]<br />
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