Lundazi
It has an airstrip, schools and a hotel in the form of a Norman castle. The building of the castle was begun in 1948 by the Kenyan born District Commissioner Errol Lancelot Button (1913-1991), who reputedly sketched out its design on the back of a cigarette packet. The castle overlooked a swamp where the Lundazi and Msuzi Rivers met, which Button dammed using soil carried to the site in grass baskets. The dam now supplies Lundazi's water and used to be home to several hippos.
The town also has a district hospital, a post office, two banks, two filling stations, a market, and some small shops.
Lundazi's local political system is made up of 25 wards and 11 chiefdoms. Each ward is represented by an elected councillor and the 11 chiefdoms by two representative councillors in the Lundazi District Council.
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Lundazi Council Building
The spoken language is Tumbuka. The main source of income is agriculture and trading. Most of the traders are Zambians of Asian origin. Lundazi has a popular name 'Box One Kanele' (apparently a corruption of 'Colonel').
Climate
Lundazi features a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa) with clear wet and dry seasons. October and November are the hottest months, while winters are milder, with July being the coolest month. The wet season, from November to March, experiences significant rainfall, whereas the dry season, from May to October, is marked by minimal precipitation.
| Climate data for Lundazi (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.0 (93.2) |
37.6 (99.7) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.7 (94.5) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
35.0 (95.0) |
37.5 (99.5) |
39.5 (103.1) |
40.2 (104.4) |
37.7 (99.9) |
40.2 (104.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.8 (91.0) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.3 (84.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.4 (74.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.1 (64.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
12.0 (53.6) |
9.6 (49.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
10.8 (51.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.2 (64.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 12.4 (54.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
9.4 (48.9) |
7.8 (46.0) |
4.7 (40.5) |
0.7 (33.3) |
3.0 (37.4) |
1.1 (34.0) |
7.3 (45.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
10.0 (50.0) |
10.8 (51.4) |
0.7 (33.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 230.0 (9.06) |
161.6 (6.36) |
150.0 (5.91) |
31.1 (1.22) |
4.8 (0.19) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.01) |
0.1 (0.00) |
6.2 (0.24) |
4.3 (0.17) |
54.3 (2.14) |
140.0 (5.51) |
782.6 (30.81) |
| Source: NOAA | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Lundazi". Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ "Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria". Nature: Scientific Data. 23 October 2023.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Lundazi". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
External links
- Africa 40 years on:Return to Lundazi, The Economist, Dec 20th 2005
- Blog with photographs
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