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Mongu
Zambia
Mongu, town, western Zambia, south-central Africa. Site of the royal village of the Lozi people, it lies in the most-populated area of the region, at the edge of the Zambezi River floodplain.
A main road connects it to Lusaka, the national capital (385 miles [620 km] east). The town has an airfield. A thermal power station at Mongu supplies electricity to the area. Pop. (2000) 44,310; (2010 prelim.) 49,549.
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