Mbala | |
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  Mbala | |
| Coordinates: 8°50′S 31°28′E / 8.833°S 31.467°E | |
| Country |  Zambia |
| Province | Northern Province |
| District | Mbala District |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| Climate | Cwb |
Mbala is Zambia's most northerly large town and seat of Mbala District in Northern Province,[1][better source needed] occupying a strategic location close to the border with Tanzania and controlling the southern approaches to Lake Tanganyika, 40 km by road to the north-west, where the port of Mpulungu is located. It had a population of about 20,000 in 2006. Under the name Abercorn, Mbala was a key outpost in British colonial control of this part of south-central Africa.[2]
- ^ "Afrique Centre et Sud", Carte Routiere et Touristique Michelin, Paris (1996).
- ^ The Northern Rhodesia Journal, Vol 4 No 6 (1961) pp. 515–527. Hope and Marion Gamwell: ”The History of Abercorn”. Accessed 7 March 2007.