Mbala, Zambia
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Mbala, in the colonial period Abercorn, is a town with 20,000 inhabitants ( 2006) in the Northern Province of Zambia on the height above the south end of Lake Tanganyika southeast of the port Mpulungu bit away from Tanzam Highway. It is located 1,600 meters above sea level and is the seat of the administrative district of the same name with 149 634 inhabitants ( 2000 census ). The dominant tribe are the Mambwe.
Economy
The location depends on services and small shops. The area is indeed very sparsely populated, but the road and the army generate demand.
Infrastructure
The 165 km long road from Kasama is paved, as are the other road to Tanzania and the 40 -kilometer route to Mpulungu.
In Mbala is a well-developed military airfield of the Zambian Air Force, with a concrete runway that is 2,800 meters long.
Tourism
The attraction of the place is funded by Germany Moto Moto Museum, which houses artifacts of the Bembastammes, including weapons, tools, musical instruments and ceremonial objects. In 33 km distance to find the Kalambo Falls, the second highest waterfalls in Africa with 221 meter height of fall. 20 km in the direction of Mpulungu and another 30 kilometers above the village are the Chitimbwe Lunzuafälle with 200 meter height of fall over a distance of two kilometers of river. Significantly more is the Nsumbu National Park on the lake.
In November 1918, capitulated in the former Abercorn the remnants of the force for German East Africa.