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| Congo Pedicle Road | |
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 Map showing the Congo Pedicle road, the direct route from Mufulira to Mansa, and the alternative route via Serenje, Mpika and Kasama, or, from 1983, Serenje and Samfya | |
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| Country | Zambia |
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The Congo Pedicle road (at one time referred to as the 'Zaire Pedicle road') crosses the Congolese territory of the Congo Pedicle and was constructed by and is maintained by Zambia to connect its Copperbelt and Luapula Provinces. Both the road and the territory may be referred to as ‘the Pedicle’. It is designated as the N36 Route on the Congolese Road Network.
It connects the M3 road at Chembe, Luapula Province with the M5 road at Mufulira, Copperbelt Province via Mokambo. For thirty years,[when?] the Congo Pedicle road has been a major development issue in northern Zambia.[1] This article covers the road; for details of how the territory came into being, see Congo Pedicle.