Chirundu, Zambia

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Chirundu
Town
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Chirundu
Coordinates: 16°03′S28°50′E / 16.050°S 28.833°E / -16.050; 28.833
CountryZambia
Province Southern Province
District Chirundu District
Population
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84,750
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
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Chirundu

Chirundu, Zambia is a town in the Southern Province of Zambia at the border with Zimbabwe. It is the site of two road bridges across the Zambezi river, the Chirundu Bridges. [1]

The Chirundu Petrified Forest is an area of fossil trees 21 km west of Chirundu, lying just south of the road from Chrundu to Kafue near the junction with the road to Siavonga. It is a listed National Monument of Zambia. [2] [3] It contains fossilised or petrified tree trunks of the Karoo age. [4]

On the Zimbabwe side of the Zambezi, the township is also called Chirundu. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Chirundu Bridge Essential Tips and Information". Trek Zone. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  2. ↑ "Chirundu Fossil Forest". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  3. ↑ "Zambia's Petrified Forest". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  4. ↑ "Chirundu Fossil Forest". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  5. ↑ Siamilandu, Obert. "Chirundu border post modernises". NewsDay. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
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