Chipata

Chipata

Zambia
formerly  Fort Jameson  

      town, southeastern Zambia, near the Malawi frontier. It is an upland town, approximately 3,600 feet (1,100 metres) above sea level. Tobacco is the major local cash crop; peanuts (groundnuts) are processed into oil products; cotton, corn (maize), and wheat are also grown. Formerly an administrative centre of the British South Africa Company, it was the capital of Northeastern Rhodesia, 1901–10. It has been a Roman Catholic episcopal see since 1959. Pop. (2000) urban area, 73,110.

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