Chinsali

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'''Chinsali''' is a town in Zambia, which is both the district headquarters of Chinsali District and provincial headquarters of Muchinga Province.<ref name="1R">{{cite web| url=https://www.commonwealthofnations.org/info/regions-in-zambia/muchinga-province/chinsali/ |title=Regions in Zambia: Muchinga Province: Chinsali |work=Commonwealthofnations.org | date=27 September 2021 |author=Commonwealth of Nations Organization |access-date=27 September 2021 |location=Cambridge, United Kingdom}}</ref>

==Location== It lies just off the road between Mpika and Isoka (Tanzam Highway; Zambia's Great North Road), about {{convert|90|km|0}} southwest of Isoka.<ref name="2R">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Isoka+District+Hospital,+Isoka,+Zambia/Chinsali+General+Hospital,+Chinsali,+Zambia/@-10.3602402,32.3538404,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x19069e82c8eb637d:0x293050d4bcff2221!2m2!1d32.6294027!2d-10.1620975!1m5!1m1!1s0x1905c0c5f1e23833:0xb9bcbe6230fdf946!2m2!1d32.0716795!2d-10.5609544 |title=Road Distance Between Isoka, Zambia And Chinsali, Zambia With Map |access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref> This is about {{convert|176|km|0}} north-north-east of Mpika.<ref name="3R">{{cite web| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hospital,+Mpika,+Zambia/Chinsali+General+Hospital,+Chinsali,+Zambia/@-10.9641689,32.6357102,7z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x19100e1086810d9d:0x9af393ea223f910d!2m2!1d31.4575803!2d-11.839339!1m5!1m1!1s0x1905c0c5f1e23833:0xb9bcbe6230fdf946!2m2!1d32.0716795!2d-10.5609544 |title=Road Distance Between Mpika Hospital And Chinsali General Hospital |access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref>

Chinsali is located approximately {{convert|824|km|0}}, by road, north-east of the city of Lusaka, the capital and largest city in the country.<ref name="4R">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/University+Teaching+Hospital,+Nationalist+Rd,+Lusaka,+Zambia/Chinsali+General+Hospital,+Chinsali,+Zambia/@-12.996599,30.0882789,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x19408cc70b2e8109:0xa48dd6b078418eb7!2m2!1d28.3136848!2d-15.4323292!1m5!1m1!1s0x1905c0c5f1e23833:0xb9bcbe6230fdf946!2m2!1d32.0716795!2d-10.5609544 |title=Road Distance Between University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka And Chinsali General Hospital With Map |access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref>

The geographical coordinates of Chinsali Town are 10°33'08.0"S, 32°04'09.0"E (Latitude:-10.552222; Longitude:32.069167).<ref name="5R">{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/10%C2%B033'08.0%22S+32%C2%B004'09.0%22E/@-10.5533889,32.067587,546m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d-10.5522222!4d32.0691667 |title=Location of Chinsali Town, Muchinga Province, Zambia |access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref> The town is nestled at an average elevation of {{convert|1383|m|0}} above mean sea level.<ref name="6R">{{cite web| work=Elevation.maplogs.com |date=27 September 2021 | url=https://elevation.maplogs.com/poi/chinsali_zambia.573147.html|title=Elevation of Chinsali Town, Zambia |author=Elevation Maplogs |access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref>

==Population== The 1990 national population census enumerated 7,509 people in Chinsali. In 2000, the population census that year put the town's population at 11,507. In 2010, that year's population census gave the population total as 15,198. Central Statistical Office Zambia calculated that the population of Chinsali increased at an average rate of 2.82 percent annually, between 2000 and 2010.<ref name="PopR">{{cite web| work=Citypopulation.de | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/zambia/cities/ |date=14 July 2019 |title=The population of all Zambian cities and urban centers with more than 5,000 inhabitants according to census results: Chinsali City in Muchinga Province, Zambia | author=Central Statistical Office Zambia |access-date=27 September 2021 |format=Citypopulatin.de Quoting Central Statistical Office Zambia}}</ref>{{Historical populations| 1990|7,509|2000|11,507|2010|15,198|||align=none|footnote=source:<ref name="PopR"/>}}

==Overview== Chinsali is home mainly to the Bemba people, and to their Senior Chief Nkula who is eligible to ascend to the throne of Paramount Chief of the Bemba People based in Mungwi District of Northern Province.

===Chinsali's notable people=== Notable people originating from Chinsali include: * Naomi Chanda, farmer and agriculture trainer * Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe (1922 - 1980), politician, anti-colonialist, author and Zambia's second vice-president (1967 - 1970). * Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first president.<ref name="8R">{{cite web| url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202106180007.html |title=Zambia: Kenneth Kaunda: The Last Giant of African Nationalism and Benign Autocrat Left a Mixed Legacy |date=17 June 2021 |work=The Conversation |author=Gavin Evans |access-date=27 September 2021 |location=Braamfontein, South Africa |format=via AllAfrica.com}}</ref> Kaunda (1924 - 2021), born at Lubwa Mission, southwest of Chinsali.<ref name="9R">{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Lubwa+Mission,+C264%2B7PW,+Ndalama,+Zambia/Chinsali+General+Hospital,+Chinsali,+Zambia/@-10.5845967,32.0377408,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x1905c008d6542f2b:0x5d01f44913c77da3!2m2!1d32.0068498!2d-10.5892124!1m5!1m1!1s0x1905c0c5f1e23833:0xb9bcbe6230fdf946!2m2!1d32.0716795!2d-10.5609544 |title=Road Distance Between Chinsali General Hospital And Lubwa Mission, Zambia |access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref> * Alice Lenshina (1920 – 1978), founder and leader the Lumpa Church, a controversial sect embracing a mixture of Christian and animist beliefs.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * Terracarta/International Travel Maps, Vancouver Canada: "Zambia, 2nd edition", 2000

Category:Populated places in Muchinga Province Category:Chinsali Category:Provincial capitals in Zambia