Katete

Katete is located in the Eastern Province, Zambia. The district includes woodland areas in the north, good farmland amid rocky hills in the centre, and deforested plateau exposed to soil erosion and degradation in the south along the border with Mozambique. The district was estimated to have a population of about 189,000 people as of 2000. Katete is the administrative capital of the district, and is a small town at the foot of rocky hills, including Mpangwe Hill and Kangarema Hill, which rise to 1600 m and are surrounded by cultivated fields.