Chitimbe

Chitimbe lies in the upper Chambeshi country, east of Kasama. Along this part of its course the Chambeshi divides into a maze of channels within a broad floodplain, before continuing toward the Bangweulu wetlands. Bemba traditions tell of ancestors crossing the river at Safwa Rapids; the Chitimukulu and other chiefs of the royal clan came to hold authority in the country around the Chambeshi.

The later city of Kasama lies here.