Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Liuwa Plain

Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Liuwa Plain, ina eneo la kilomita za mraba 3,369 za mbuga ya wanyama katika Mkoa wa Magharibi wa Zambia . [1] "Liuwa" maana yake ni "tambarare" katika lugha ya Walozi. [2]Haya ni maeneo yaliyo hifadhiwa kwa ajili ya utunzi wa mazingira na uekezaji was kimbilio la watalii. Pia huitwa mfarani au mfani.

Picha iliyopigwa Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Liuwa mwaka 2012
Picha iliyopigwa Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Liuwa mwaka 2012

Historia hariri

Kabla ya mbuga ya taifa kuanzishwa, eneo hilo lilitumika kama uwanja wa uwindaji wa Lubosi Lewanika (1842-1916), ambaye alikuwa Litunga (mfalme au chifu mkuu ) wa watu wa Lozi huko Barotseland kati ya 1878 na 1916. Lubosi Lewanika aliteua Liuwa Plain kama eneo lililohifadhiwa mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 1880. [3]

Marejeo hariri

  1. "Twenty destinations for 2014: Liuwa Plain National Park, Zambia", The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, 2 January 2014. Retrieved on 16 October 2017. 
  2. "Getting Ahead of Myself on Trip to Paradise", Cape Times, Cape Town: Sekunjalo Investments, 7 September 2012. Retrieved on 19 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. 
  3. Reinstein, Dorine (29 December 2016). "Wildebeest migration just one of the wonders of Zambia's Liuwa Plains". Travel Weekly (Secaucus, New Jersey: Northstar Travel Media). ISSN 0041-2082. Retrieved 16 October 2017.