Chembe

Chembe is a new district created in 2012 in the Luapula Province, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The administrative capital is Chembe, which is a small town that owes its existence tot eh Chembe ferry which is a crucial crossing point between Zambia and the Congo Pedicle territory of the DRC. With the relative stability of Congo, construction began in 2007 of a 350 meter bridge, named the Chembe Bridge, intended to by-pass the ferry, which was completed in 2008.