It is found in central, southern and north-western and western Zambia.

It is endemic to Namibia, Botswana, northern Zimbabwe, and western Zambia.

Nyumbu was a famous Mbunda chief who led his tribesmen from northeastern Angola to western Zambia in and around the 1850s.

Sioma is a town in western Zambia.

It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Lualaba) and western Zambia.

It consists of several areas of thick forest in western Zambia and adjacent Angola.

The Lozi people are an ethnic group primarily of western Zambia, inhabiting the region of Barotseland.

It has been collected in western Zambia, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and central Angola.

There are also extensive miombo woodlands, similar to those in the Zambezi basin of western Zambia.

Residents of western Zambia have been barred from gathering - even for church services - after an attempt to discuss secession led to deadly protests.