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Sesheke
Location in Zambia
Coordinates: 17°28′00″S24°18′00″E / 17.46667°S 24.30000°E / -17.46667; 24.30000
Country Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Province Western Province
District Sesheke District
Time zone UTC+2 (CAT)
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Location of Sesheke in Zambia
Port of Sesheke in 1870s Seven Years in South Africa, page 140, port of Sesheke.jpg
Port of Sesheke in 1870s

Sesheke is a border town in the Western Province of Zambia, in a district of the same name. It lies on the northern bank of the Zambezi River which forms the border with Namibia's Caprivi Strip at that point.

The Katima Mulilo Bridge, completed in May 2004, spans the river here, connecting Sesheke with the Namibian town of Katima Mulilo. [1] The M10 road, which connects Sesheke to Livingstone and the Victoria Falls 200 km to the east, [2] was upgraded in 2004. The new bridge and road were financed by German donor bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau and were the last missing link in the so-called "Trans Caprivi Corridor" (today known as the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road). This 2500 km long asphalt road now connects Zambia's Copperbelt with Namibia's sea port Walvis Bay. [1] As a direct result, the amount of road freight traffic has greatly increased. An investment and construction boom is rapidly transforming both Sesheke and Katima Mulilo, as well as surrounding areas.[ citation needed ]

Improved road access and the construction of new lodges and other tourist facilities have also increased the number of tourists passing through Sesheke on their way to the Victoria Falls, to the Sioma Ngwezi National Park 50 km west of the town, or to the upper Zambezi and the Barotse Floodplain.[ citation needed ]

The recent boom has also increased rural-urban migration, the growth of squatter camps near Sesheke and Katima Mulilo, cross-border smuggling and related social problems on both sides of the Zambian-Namibian border. Both Sesheke District and the Caprivi Region are at the bottom end of socio-economic development in their respective countries.[ citation needed ]

The M10 road also connects Sesheke to Senanga and Mongu 300 km north-north-west. [2] The road runs on the south bank of the river upstream from Sesheke. Zambian traffic must cross the Katima Mulilo Bridge but does not have to enter Namibia, as the bridge is entirely located on Zambian territory.

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References

  1. 1 2 Speech of Dr. Sam Nujoma at the bridge's opening ceremony, as published on the Government of Namibia Network Archived 2012-12-03 at archive.today . Retrieved 15 February 2005.
  2. 1 2 "Roads and Road Traffic Act | National Assembly of Zambia". www.parliament.gov.zm. Retrieved 2022-06-27.