Kabwe Central is a constituency of the
National Assembly of
Zambia. It covers part of
Kabwe District in
Central Province.
History
The constituency was established in 1926 as Northern, covering
Broken Hill
Broken Hill is an inland mining city in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia. It is near the border with South Australia on the crossing of the Barrier Highway (A32) and the Silver City Highway (B79), in the Barrier Range. It is ...
,
Kasempa,
Mkushi,
Mwinilunga
Mwinilunga is a town in the North-Western Province of Zambia. It is the headquarters of Mwinilunga District, one of the province's eleven districts.
Location
The town lies on the west bank of the ''West Lunga River'', along the Chingola–Solw ...
,
Ndola and
Solwezi.
[''Official Verbatim Report of the Debates of the Fifth Session (Resumed) of the Ninth Legislative Council'', Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, pp19–23] In 1929
Abercorn,
Chinsali
Chinsali is a town in Zambia, which is both the district headquarters of Chinsali District and provincial headquarters of Muchinga Province.
Location
It lies just off the road between Mpika and Isoka (Tanzam Highway; Zambia's Great North Roa ...
,
Isoka
Isoka is a town located in the Muchinga Province of Zambia near the borders with Tanzania and Malawi. It lies on the T2 Road (Tanzam Highway; Great North Road).
Area
The area of the district now (2020) is 5,091 km2. The entire country is ...
,
Kasama,
Luwingu,
Mpika and
Mporokoso
Mporokoso (also spelled and pronounced 'Mpolokoso' and 'Mumpolokoso') is a town in the Northern Province of Zambia, lying at an elevation of nearly 1500 m on the flat plateau about 75 km south east of Lake Mweru Wantipa and 100 km south-west of ...
were added to the constituency, whilst Kasempa, Ndola and Solwezi were transferred to the new
Ndola constituency.
[
In 1941 the constituency was renamed Broken Hill, covering only Broken Hill, Mkushi and Serenje, with the remaining settlements transferred to the new North-Eastern constituency.][ It was reduced in size again in 1948, now covering only the urban area of Broken Hill and the northern part of the Broken Hill rural area.][
The constituency was renamed Kabwe in 1964, and became Kabwe Central in 2001.
]
List of MPs
References
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Constituencies of the National Assembly of Zambia
1926 establishments in Northern Rhodesia
Constituencies established in 1926