Chama
Chama is the town that is the government seat of the Chama district in the Eastern Province of Zambia. Chama is populated by the Senga and some Tumbuka peoples. Chisenga is the primary language, though Chitumbuka is widely understood and spoken, as is Nyanja.Chama
- Type: Town with 4,060 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Muchinga, Eastern Zambia, Zambia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-11.2164° or 11° 12' 59" southLongitude
33.1586° or 33° 9' 31" eastPopulation
4,060Elevation
765 metres (2,510 feet)Open Location Code
5GWMQ5M5+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 2700186407OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
920901Wikidata ID
Q1060403Chama Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Bulgarian: Чама
- Cebuano: Chama
- Chinese: 恰巴
- Dutch: Chama, Zambia
- English: Chama, Zambia
- French: Chama
- German: Chama
- Italian: Chama
- Japanese: チャマ
- Moksha: Чама
- Polish: Chama
- Portuguese: Chama
- Portuguese: Chama (Zâmbia)
- Portuguese: Chama (zâmbia)
- Romanian: Chama, Zambia
- Romanian: Chama, zambia
- Silesian: Chama
- Tumbuka: Chama (Kamphemba), Chama
- Tumbuka: Chama, Chama
- Tumbuka: Chama
- Ukrainian: Чама
- Western Mari: Чама
- Zulu: Chama, Zambiya
Other Places Named Chama
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- WarikaVillage, 31 km east
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