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Chipata (Fort Jameson)

Chipata is a growing multi-cultural town in Eastern Zambia, and is a popular refueling station for overlanders on their way east to Malawi, west to South Luangwa National Park, or north to Lundazi. Wikivoyage

Population 141,800 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Zambia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Zambia

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Chipata (Fort Jameson). I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Through the year

  1. Ncwala

    February

    (n-CHWA-la), Mutenguleni village, usually Last week of February.

  2. Kulamba

    August

    Undi village (75 km from Chipata, near Katete), sometime in August. A Chewa thanksgiving festival that draws colourful Nyau secret society dancers not just from Zambia, but also Malawi and Mozambique

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Chipata (Fort Jameson)); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Getting around

Train stations: Chipata 2.6 km

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