Kalomo

Kalomo is a place and a district in the Southern Province of Zambia. The town has 12,485 inhabitants Kalomo ( 2006 estimate ), situated at 1,200 meters above sea level, 400 km south-west of Lusaka and 150 kilometers north- west of Livingstone on the railway line and road between these two cities; the district Kalomo is 15,000 km ² and counts 194,000 inhabitants ( 2006 estimate ).

Policy

The origins of Kalomo date back to 1900. It was from 1902 to 1907 the capital of Northern Rhodesia. The "Administrator 's House " from this period still stands. But in 1950 heard the development on largely and the migration began. Many people Zugen in the nearby Kafue floodplains. Then the city council took the consequences and decided a development plan for 2000-2004, which was supported by various German development organizations, including the GTZ and the Protestant church schools and an agricultural Research and Training Institute. The political attention was given to water and sanitation, roads and social infrastructure such as schools and hospitals. Kalomo got two new clinics in addition to the near Namwianga mission, which will be financed as Zambia Medical Mission from Abilene, Texas, USA and operated with 200 Americans, renewed roads and new schools. For teacher training, George Benson Christian College was founded in Namwianga. The population grew again. The Ernterträge rose.

Economy

Agriculture is the dominant sector. The soils in the district are sandy, but fertile. Rainfall is low, but adequate on average if for dry soils suitable seeds are applied as chick peas, millet, beans and peanuts. Livestock production is widespread.

Infrastructure

There is a dirt-track 1,000 -meter runway.

Tourism

In three kilometers from Kalomo, in Kalundu Mound, there are remains of a settlement of " Dambwa Group" from the 9th - 12th Century, the first farmers in this region that the hunter-gatherers of " Kalundu group " assimilated. Some consider a settlement in the 4th century possible, but this must be viewed critically without a scientific dating of artifacts. Zambian archaeologists speak of the Kalomo tradition. The excavations took place the end of the 1950s and early 1960s, when the road was built.