Katete

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Katete
Town
Katete Location in Zambia
Coordinates: 14°3′30″S 32°02′38″E / 14.05833°S 32.04389°E / -14.05833; 32.04389
Country	Zambia
Province	Eastern Province
District	Katete District
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)

Katete is a medium-sized town in the Eastern Province of Zambia, and is headquarters of Katete District. The town is at the foot of rocky hills which lie to its east, including Mpangwe Hill and Kangarema Hill, which rise to 1600 m. The hills are surrounded by cultivated fields. Katete lies on the Great East Road about 90 km south-west of the provincial capital, Chipata, at an elevation of 1060 m on the watershed between the middle Luangwa River and the Zambezi. In the town is a major road junction, with a surfaced road (the T6 road) branching off and running 50 km to the Mozambique border and connecting with Tete on the Zambezi 339 km to the south-east.^[1]