Kasama, Zambia
| Kasama | |
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| Nickname(s): Aba saamike akatambala ku chimuti | |
 Kasama
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| Coordinates: 10°12′42″S 31°10′42″E / 10.21167°S 31.17833°E | |
| Country |
 Zambia
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| Province | Northern Province |
| District | Kasama District |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 113,000 |
| Climate | Cwa |
Kasama is the capital of the Northern Province of Zambia, situated on the central-southern African plateau at an elevation of about 1400 m. Its population, according to the 2000 census, is approximately 200,000. It grew considerably in the 1970s and 1980s after construction of the TAZARA Railway through the city, and the tarring of the Great North Road from Mpika through Kasama to Mbala. It sits at the centre of a road network which also reaches the Luapula Province in the west, Mporokoso in the north-west, Isoka in the east and Kayambi in the north-east. Consequently, it is a commercial hub with banks, markets, services and an airport.
Kasama is in the heartland of the Bemba tribe whose Paramount Chief Chitimukulu has his headquarters 9 kilometres (6 miles) from Malole mission which is 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the centre of Kasama town.
In 1898/9 a crisis over the succession of the Chitimukulu led to Bishop Joseph 'Moto Moto' Dupont gaining the agreement of Bemba chiefs to the British colonial Administrator of North-Eastern Rhodesia, Robert Codrington taking control of the area. Codrington established a boma at Kasama and the town's central location as well as its closeness to Chitimukulu's court led to it eventually becoming the largest and dominant town of the north-eastern lobe of what became Northern Rhodesia then Zambia.
The town has a few modern facilities, among them are a Shoprite Checkers branch, budget stores, a local supermarket called PJT and four bakeries. The town has banking services, with banks such as Zambia National Commercial Bank (ZANACO), National Savings and Credit Bank (NATSAVE), Finance Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Cavmont Bank, Barclays Bank and African Banking Cooperation (Bank A.B.C)and INDO Zambia Bank. The town has VISA and ATM services.
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