Kapiri Mposhi

Geography

The town lies in the middle of Zambia, next to the boundary with Copperbelt Province. The town is approximately 60 km north of Kabwe and 110 km south of Ndola. It is surrounded by 8 districts, namely, Kabwe District to the south, Chisamba District to the south-east, Luano District on the east, Mkushi District on the north-east, Masaiti District to the north, Mpongwe District to the north-west, Ngabwe District to the west and Chibombo District to the south-west. It is situated at the junction of the T2 road (Great North Road; which connects south to Kabwe and Lusaka and north-east to Mpika and Tanzania) and the T3 road (which connects north to Ndola, Kitwe, Chingola and the Democratic Republic Of Congo). Kapiri Mposhi has two railways stations, the terminal station of the 1067 mm TAZARA Railway that connects it to Mpika, Kasama and Dar-es-Salaam in the north-east; and an en-route Zambia Railways station that connects it to Lusaka and Livingstone in the south and to Ndola and Kitwe in the north.

Most-observed species

• Pied Crow

  Corvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 · Aves
  12
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10
• Common Bulbul

  Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
  5
• African woollyneck

  Ciconia microscelis G.R.Gray, 1848 · Aves
  4
• Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4
• Boomslang

  Dispholidus typus (Smith, 1828) · Squamata
  3
• Black-shouldered Kite

  Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
  3
• Cape Crombec

  Sylvietta rufescens (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  3

Most recent

• M 4.4 — 2012-09-21
  62 km S of Mkushi, Zambia