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[[Image:ZM-Sererije.png|right|225px|Location of Serenje in Zambia]]
'''Serenje''' is a town of [[Serenje District]], [[Zambia]], lying just off the [[Great North Road (Zambia)|Great North Road]] and [[TAZARA Railway]]. Serenje has a railway station on the [[TAZARA]] railway. Serenje is  approximately 191&nbsp;km from Kapiri Mposhi on the Great North Road.  [[Mkushi]] is the district west of Serenje.  The [[Mulembo Falls]] lie near the town.

== Overview ==

The inhabitants of Serenje district engage in subsistence agriculture.  Though the area is blessed with rich soils and thick forests, economic development appears to have eluded this Zambian rural outpost.

Serenje is home to the [[Lala people]] whose primary language is ciLala.
The [[Lala language]], like most languages spoken on the Copperbelt and Central provinces of Zambia, is classified as belonging to the Bemba language group. The Lala people, like most ethnic groups in central and northern and northwestern parts of Zambia, are said to have descended from the Luba-Lunda Kingdom in present-day Congo DRC.
Serenje district is constituted by a number of Chiefdoms. These are the chiefdoms of Muchinda, Muchinka, Chisomo, Serenje, Kabamba, Mailo, and Chibale.

== Transport ==

In 2015, raillink to [[Chipata]] and [[Malawi]] was proposed.<ref>http://www.railwaysafrica.com/news/article/linking-chipata-to-tazara</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Railway stations in Zambia]]
* Chief Chitambo (Kafinda)<ref>Serenje District chiefdom</ref>

Notable people: [[Emeli Sande]]'s father went to [[Kabamba Primary School]] in Serenje.

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== External links ==

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* [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/zambia.pdf UN Map]

[[Category:Places in Zambia]]
[[Category:Central Province]]