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Chelston
Place in Lusaka, Zambia

Chelston

Chelston, also Chelstone or Chakunkula, is a neighborhood in Zambia's capital city, Lusaka.

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Before the 1960s Chelston was a separate town until it was annexed into the greater city of Lusaka.

How locals move

Getting around Chelston the local way

  • Get aroundMinibuses are ubiquitous, cheap, and, if already full, fast.
  • Get aroundMinibuses do run into the evenings, but become decreasingly frequent at the evening wears on.

From Wikivoyage: Lusaka, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Jeffrey Hayes (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.