| Serenje | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Zambia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Zambia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Zambia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Serenje District |
| Timezone: | CAT |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | -13.2597°N 30.2375°W |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
Serenje is a town in Serenje District, Central Province, Zambia, lying just off the Great North Road and TAZARA Railway. Serenje has a railway station on the TAZARA railway. Serenje is approximately 191 km from Kapiri Mposhi on the Great North Road. Mkushi is the district west of Serenje. The Mulembo Falls lie near the town.
The inhabitants of Serenje district engage in subsistence agriculture. Though the area has 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.
In 2015, raillink to Chipata and Malawi was proposed.[1]
Serenje features a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa)[2] with distinct wet and dry seasons. October and November are the hottest months. Winters are milder, with July being the coolest month. The wet season, from November to March, experiences significant rainfall. The dry season, from May to October, is marked by minimal precipitation.