MPIKA

Mpika is in Muchinga Province and is found at the junction of the M1 and Great North Road (T2) between the Muchinga Escarpment and surrounding miombo plains. It is a convenient overnight stop for those heading to the towns of Kasama, Mbala and Mpulunga at Lake Tanganika or the Tanzanian border. It is also a stop on the Tazara railway between Kapiri Mposhi and Dar es Salaam. In 1970, the Zambian College for Agriculture was established at Mpika.

Key sites in the area include the Mpika Dam, Kapishya Hotsprings, Nachikufu rock paintings and Shiwa Ng’andu, an English manor house.