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unusual facts about Luapula River



Chembe

Chembe is a small town in Milenge District of the Luapula Province of Zambia, which owes its existence to being the site of the Chembe Ferry across the Luapula River dividing Zambia and the Congo Pedicle territory of DR Congo.

Kanyembo

Kanyembo is the principal centre of the population on the Mofwe Lagoon, the largest of several lagoons in the Luapula River swamps south of Lake Mweru, in the Luapula Province of Zambia.

Stairs Expedition to Katanga

At the 1884–85 Berlin Conference and related bilateral negotiations between Britain and Belgium, the land west and north of the Luapula RiverLake Mweru system (Katanga) was allocated to the CFS while the land to the east and south was allocated to Britain and the BSAC.


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