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  2. Choma, Zambia - Wikipedia

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    Choma District. Elevation. 4,386 ft (1,337 m) Population. (2010 Census) [1] • Total. 51,842. Choma is a town that serves as the capital of the Southern Province of Zambia. It is also the capital of Choma District, one of the 15 administrative districts in the province.

  3. Choma Museum and Crafts Centre - Wikipedia

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    The Choma Museum and Crafts Centre is a museum in Choma, Zambia dedicated to preserving the heritage of the Tonga tribe. It houses and sells traditional crafts and artifacts. [1] [2] The museum displays the cultural heritage of the Tonga tribe of the Southern Province of Zambia. It houses many traditional artifacts including beadwork, musical ...

  4. Choma - Wikipedia

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    Choma, Zambia, town and capital of Southern Province; Choma District, district of Zambia; Choma (Lycia), settlement of ancient Lycia; Choma (fortress), Byzantine fortress in central Anatolia; People. John Choma (professor) (died 2014), American professor of electrical engineering; John Choma (American football) (born 1955), American football player

  5. Southern Province, Zambia - Wikipedia

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    www .sou .gov .zm. Southern Province is one of Zambia 's ten provinces, and home to Zambia's premier tourist attraction, Mosi-oa-Tunya ( Victoria Falls ), shared with Zimbabwe. The centre of the province, the Southern Plateau, has the largest area of commercial farmland of any Zambian province, and produces most of the maize crop. The Zambezi ...

  6. Choma District - Wikipedia

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    Choma District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Choma. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 74,890 people. Choma is now the provincial capital of the Southern Province of Zambia and has since been split into two districts giving birth to Pemba district on the Northern border ...

  7. Harry Nkumbula - Wikipedia

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    Profession. Teacher, trade unionist, businessman, farmer. Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula (15 January 1916 – 8 October 1983) [1] [2] was a Zambian nationalist leader involved in the movement for the independence of Northern Rhodesia, as Zambia was known until the end of British rule in 1964. He was born in the village of Maala in the Namwala district ...

  8. Macha Mission - Wikipedia

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    Macha Mission is a mission station in the Choma District of the Southern Province of Zambia. While it started out as a place to convert the local population to Christianity, it has grown into a community centre with a church, five schools, a hospital and a malaria research centre. Macha Mission began as a Christian mission station in 1906.

  9. History of Zambia - Wikipedia

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    Zambia portal. v. t. e. The history of Zambia experienced many stages from colonisation to independence from Britain on 24 October 1964. Northern Rhodesia became a British sphere of influence in the present-day region of Zambia in 1888, and was officially proclaimed a British protectorate in 1924. After many years of suggested mergers, Southern ...