Gwembe

Gwembe
Town
Gwembe Location in Zambia
Coordinates: 16°30′S 27°37′E / 16.500°S 27.617°E / -16.500; 27.617
Country	Zambia
Province	Southern Province
District	Gwembe District

Location of Gwembe in Zambia

Gwembe is a small town in Southern Province of Zambia with a population of about 2000 people. It is part of Gwembe District which is by the Lake Kariba shoreline. It used to be the district headquarters until it moved to Munyumbwe some 30 km south-east of the town.^{[1][better source needed]}

One of the main agricultural activities in this district is cotton growing^[2][3][4] which was influenced by the presence of a cotton ginnery plant, which provided a lot of employment to the residents. As of 2017, the local people have also focused on growing maize as a source of food and income.^[5] Most of the residents are subsistence farmers.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Who we are - Gwembe Town Council
2. Maleka, Phiri (1993-07-01). "An application of target MOTAD model to crop production in Zambia: Gwembe Valley as a case study". Agricultural Economics. 9 (1): 15–35. doi:10.1016/0169-5150(93)90034-A. ISSN 0169-5150.
3. Environmental Project Brief for APMEP
4. Monde, Amos (2022-11-27). "The Gwembe Valley : a study of local resource mobilisation in Zambia". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
5. "Real-time weather forecasts are helping Zambian women farmers win their battle against the impact of climate change - Zambia | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2025-07-19.