| Location
the western province was formerly known
as the
Barotseland with its provincial headquarters at
Mongu (a sprawling town and the seat of the King).
The province is made up of seven districts i.e.
Mongu, Kaoma, Senanga, Lukulu, Kalabo, Shangombo and Sesheke.
Barotseland is Zambia's least developed region, with only one
tarred road into the province, from Lusaka to Mongu
Ngonye
Falls lie west of the village of
Sioma.
These falls rate second to the Victoria Falls in
terms of volume of water, although they are not
as spectacularly high as the Victoria Falls.
The falls can be viewed from Sioma but best viewing is to cross
the river 2kms downstream in the dugout canoe ferry |
Geography
The geography of the province is dominated by the flood-plain of
the Zambezi river,
extending from the northern borders of the province to the Ngonye
Falls in the south
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the
People
Baroteseland is the homeland of the Lozi people.
In the Makololo language “lozi” means place,
referring to the Zambezi flood plain within which most Lozi’s
live.
Lozi can also be spelt as Lotse or Rotse.
Mu (singular) and Ba (plural) are prefixes in the Bantu language,
thus Murotse would indicate a “person of the plain”
and Barotse “people of the plain” |
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