The
ten provinces of
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...
are divided into a total of 116 districts as of 2018.
Article 109 in part VIII of the
constitution
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When ...
of Zambia deals with
local government
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. It states only that there should be some form of local government, and that this local government should be based on
democratically
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elected councils on the basis of
universal adult suffrage
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.
Provincial Districts in Zambia
![Provincial Districts of Zambia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Provincial_Districts_of_Zambia.svg)
Until 2011, Zambia was subdivided into 72 districts. However, since 2011, a number of new districts have been created, bringing the total to 116 as of 2018.
;Total Districts by Province
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Central Province (11 districts)
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Copperbelt Province
Copperbelt Province is a province in Zambia which covers the mineral-rich Copperbelt, and farming and bush areas to the south. It was the backbone of the Northern Rhodesian economy during British colonial rule and fuelled the hopes of the immed ...
(10 districts)
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Eastern Province (15 districts)
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Luapula Province
Luapula Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces located in the northern part of the country. Luapula Province is named after the Luapula River and its capital is Mansa. As per the 2010 Zambian census, the Province had a population of 991,92 ...
(12 districts)
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Lusaka Province
Lusaka Province is one of the ten provinces of Zambia. Its capital is Lusaka, which is also the national capital. It is the smallest province in Zambia, with an area of 21,896 km2. Lusaka is also Zambia's most populated and most densely ...
(6 districts)
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Muchinga Province
Muchinga Province is one of the ten provinces of Zambia. It is located in the northeast of the country and borders with Tanzania in the north, Malawi in the east, Eastern Province in the south, Central Province in the southwest, Luapula Province ...
(8 districts)
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Northern Province (12 districts)
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North-Western Province (11 districts)
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Southern Province (15 districts)
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Western Province
Western Province or West Province may refer to:
* Western Province, Cameroon
*Western Province, Rwanda
*Western Province (Kenya)
*Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
*Western Province (Solomon Islands)
*Western Province, Sri Lanka
*Western Provin ...
(16 districts)
Central Province
Central Province is composed of 11 districts
Copperbelt Province
Copperbelt Province is a province in Zambia which covers the mineral-rich Copperbelt, and farming and bush areas to the south. It was the backbone of the Northern Rhodesian economy during British colonial rule and fuelled the hopes of the immed ...
Copperbelt Province is composed of 10 districts
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Chililabombwe District
Chililabombwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital is Chililabombwe
Chililabombwe (formerly named Bancroft) is a small town in Copperbelt Province, Zambia. It is located near the Democratic Republic of the ...
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Chingola District
Chingola District is a Districts of Zambia, district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital lies at Chingola. As of the 2010 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 216,626 people. It is divided into two constituencies, nam ...
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Kalulushi District
Kalulushi District is a district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital lies at Kalulushi
Kalulushi is a town in the Copperbelt Province in north central Zambia. It is located on the M18 Road, just west of Kitwe. Municipal (distri ...
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Kitwe District
Kitwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital is Kitwe
Kitwe is the third largest city in terms of infrastructure development (after Lusaka and Ndola) and second largest city in terms of size and population ...
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Luanshya District
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Lufwanyama District
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Masaiti District
Masaiti District is a district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital lies at Masaiti. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 95,581 people. It is divided into two constituencies, namely Masaiti constituen ...
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Mpongwe District
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Mufulira District
Mufulira District is a district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital lies at Mufulira. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 143,930 people. It is divided into three constituencies, namely Mufulira
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Ndola District
Ndola District is a district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital lies at Ndola. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 374,757 people.
Constituencies
Ndola District is divided into four constituencies, ...
Eastern Province
Eastern Province is composed of 15 districts.
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Chadiza District
Chadiza District with the headquarters at Chadiza lies in the extreme south-east corner of Zambia, bordering Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambh ...
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Chama District
Chama District with the headquarters at Chama is the largest district of the Eastern Province in Zambia and includes a large wilderness in the Upper Luangwa valley just north-east of the North Luangwa National Park. It is made up of two constitue ...
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Chasefu District
Chasefu District is a district of Eastern Province, Zambia. It was made independent from Lundazi District
Lundazi District is a district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province. The capital lies at Lundazi. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the di ...
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Chipangali District
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Chipata District
Chipata District is a district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province. The capital lies at Chipata. As of the 2010 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 455,783 people.
Chipata City Centre is located about 600 km from Lusaka, th ...
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Kasenengwa District
Kasenengwa District is a district of Eastern Province, Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being i ...
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Katete District
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Lumezi District
Lumezi District is a district of Eastern Province, Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in So ...
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Lundazi District
Lundazi District is a district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province. The capital lies at Lundazi. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 236,833 people. In 2018, Lundazi district was divided into 3 districts (Lundazi, ...
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Lusangazi District
Lusangazi District is a district of Eastern Province, Zambia, Eastern Province, Zambia. It was made independent from Petauke District in 2018.
References
Districts of Eastern Province, Zambia
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Mambwe District
Mambwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province.
Mambwe District inhabits the Luangwa Valley between the 13th and 14th parallel of south latitude. The Kunda name for this area is "Malambo''.
The land is bounded on the wes ...
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Nyimba District
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Petauke District Petauke District is a Districts of Zambia, district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province, Zambia, Eastern Province. The capital lies at Petauke. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 235,879 people. It consists of two con ...
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Sinda District
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Vubwi District
Luapula Province
Luapula Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces located in the northern part of the country. Luapula Province is named after the Luapula River and its capital is Mansa. As per the 2010 Zambian census, the Province had a population of 991,92 ...
Luapula Province is composed of 12 districts.
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Chembe District
Chembe District is a district of Zambia, located in Luapula Province
Luapula Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces located in the northern part of the country. Luapula Province is named after the Luapula River and its capital is Mansa. As ...
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Chiengi District
Chiengi District with headquarters at Chiengi is the smallest and most northerly district in the Luapula Province of Zambia and was carved out of Nchelenge District after Zambia's independence. As of the 2010 Zambian Census, the district had a popu ...
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Chifunabuli District
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Chipili District
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Kawambwa District
Kawambwa District is a district of Zambia, located in Luapula Province. The capital lies at Kawambwa, which lies at the intersection of three roads: D19, M13, and Kawambwa-Mbereshi. The Luapula River forms its boundary with the Democratic Republic ...
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Lunga District
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Mansa District
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Milenge District
Milenge District with headquarters at Milenge, Zambia is the most southerly district in the Luapula Province and was carved out of Mansa District. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 28,790 people. It is rural and unde ...
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Mwansabombwe District
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Mwense District
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Nchelenge District
Nchelenge District is a district of Zambia, located in the Luapula Province. The capital lies at Nchelenge. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 111,119 people.
Nchelenge is one of the twelve districts of Luapula Prov ...
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Samfya District
Samfya District is located in Luapula Province, Zambia. The headquarters is at Samfya.
Most of Samfya District is lake, swamp of floodplain. It covers Lake Bangweulu and the Bangweulu swamps, except for the north-east corner which lies in Chilubi ...
Lusaka Province
Lusaka Province is one of the ten provinces of Zambia. Its capital is Lusaka, which is also the national capital. It is the smallest province in Zambia, with an area of 21,896 km2. Lusaka is also Zambia's most populated and most densely ...
Lusaka Province is composed of 6 districts.
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Chilanga District
Chilanga District is a district of Lusaka Province, Zambia. The capital of the district is Chilanga. It was separated from Kafue District
Kafue District is a district of Zambia, located in Lusaka Province. The capital lies at Kafue. As of the 2 ...
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Chongwe District
Chongwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Lusaka Province. The capital lies at Chongwe. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 137,461 people.
Before 1997, Chongwe District, together with Kafue District
Kafue ...
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Kafue District
Kafue District is a district of Zambia, located in Lusaka Province. The capital lies at Kafue
Kafue is a town in the Lusaka Province of Zambia and it lies on the north bank of the Kafue River, after which it is named. It is the southern gatew ...
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Luangwa District
Luangwa District is a district of Zambia
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Lusaka District
Lusaka District is a district of Zambia, located in Lusaka Province
Lusaka Province is one of the ten provinces of Zambia. Its capital is Lusaka, which is also the national capital. It is the smallest province in Zambia, with an area of 21, ...
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Rufunsa District
Rufunsa District is a district in Zambia, located in Lusaka Province. The district capital is Rufunsa. The district was established by President Michael Sata in 2012 by splitting Chongwe District. It is estimated to have a population of about 45,0 ...
Muchinga Province
Muchinga Province is one of the ten provinces of Zambia. It is located in the northeast of the country and borders with Tanzania in the north, Malawi in the east, Eastern Province in the south, Central Province in the southwest, Luapula Province ...
Muchinga Province is composed of 8 Districts, with consideration of gazetting Chilinda area in Chinsali as the 9th district.
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Chinsali District
Chinsali District with headquarters at Chinsali is located in Muchinga Province, Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typical ...
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Isoka District
Isoka District is a district of Zambia, located in Muchinga Province
Muchinga Province is one of the ten provinces of Zambia. It is located in the northeast of the country and borders with Tanzania in the north, Malawi in the east, Eastern Provi ...
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Kanchibiya District
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Lavushimanda District
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Mafinga District
Mafinga District is one of the eight districts of Muchinga Province in Zambia
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Mpika District
Mpika District is a district of Zambia, located in Muchinga Province. The capital lies at Mpika
Mpika is a town in the Muchinga Province of Zambia, lying at the junction of the M1 Road to Kasama and Mbala and the Tanzam Highway ( Great North ...
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Nakonde District
Nakonde District is a district of Zambia, located in Muchinga Province. The capital lies at Nakonde
Nakonde is a town in the Muchinga Province of Zambia, on the border with Tanzania. It is at the northern end of Zambia's Great North Road ( T2 ...
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Shiwang'andu District
Shiwang'andu District is a district of Muchinga Province, Zambia. It was created in February 2013 by splitting Chinsali District
Chinsali District with headquarters at Chinsali is located in Muchinga Province, Zambia.
It lies on the watershed b ...
Northern Province
Northern Province is composed of 12 districts.
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Chilubi District
Chilubi District with headquarters at Chilubi is located in Northern Province, Zambia. It covers the north-east Lake Bangweulu and Bangweulu Wetlands containing several islands including Chilubi Island, and some of the mainland northeast of the lak ...
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Kaputa District
Kaputa District is a Districts of Zambia, district of Zambia, located in Northern Province, Zambia, Northern Province. The capital lies at Kaputa. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 87,233 people.
History
In March 20 ...
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Kasama District
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Lunte District
Lunte District is a district of Northern Province, Zambia. It was separated from Mporokoso District
Mporokoso District is a district of Zambia, located in Northern Province. The capital lies at Mporokoso
Mporokoso (also spelled and pronounce ...
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Lupososhi District
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Luwingu District
Luwingu District is a Districts of Zambia, district of Zambia, located in Northern Province, Zambia, Northern Province. The capital lies at Luwingu. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 80,758 people.
References
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Mbala District
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Mporokoso District
Mporokoso District is a district of Zambia, located in Northern Province. The capital lies at Mporokoso
Mporokoso (also spelled and pronounced 'Mpolokoso' and 'Mumpolokoso') is a town in the Northern Province of Zambia, lying at an elevation o ...
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Mpulungu District
Mpulungu District is a district of Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at i ...
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Mungwi District
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Nsama District
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Senga District
North-Western Province
North-Western Province is composed of 11 districts.
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Chavuma District
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Ikelenge District
Ikelenge District is a district of North-Western Province, Zambia. It was separated from Mwinilunga District in 2011.
Ikelenge District is located north of Mwinilunga and contains the Kalene Hills together with the source of the Zambezi River a ...
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Kabompo District
Kabompo District is a district of Zambia, located in North-Western Province. The capital lies at Kabompo
Kabompo is a town in north-western Zambia, lying on the Kabompo River with a population over 88,000 people. It is surrounded by teak forest ...
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Kasempa District
Kasempa District is a district of Zambia, located in North-Western Province. The capital lies at Kasempa
Kasempa Town is a developing small town located in North-Western Province, Zambia. It is approximately by road northwest of Lusaka
L ...
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Kalumbila District
Kalumbila District is a district of North-Western Province, Zambia. It was named after a mine of the same name (Kalumbila Mine) and was made independent from Solwezi District In 2016.
The current area of Kalumbila district covers what was previo ...
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Manyinga District
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Mufumbwe District
Mufumbwe District is a district of Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at i ...
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Mushindamo District
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Mwinilunga District
Mwinilunga District is a district of Zambia, located in North-Western Province. The capital lies at Mwinilunga
Mwinilunga is a town in the North-Western Province of Zambia. It is the headquarters of Mwinilunga District, one of the province's ...
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Solwezi District
Solwezi District is a district of Zambia, located in North-Western Province. The capital lies at Solwezi
Solwezi is a town in Zambia. It is the provincial capital of the mineral-rich North-Western Province. Solwezi is also the administrative ...
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Zambezi District
Zambezi District is a district of Zambia, located in North-Western Province. The capital lies at Zambezi
The Zambezi River (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa an ...
Southern Province
Southern Province is composed of 15 districts. The provincial capital was moved from Livingstone to Choma in 2012, with Livingstone retaining the status of national tourist capital.
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Chikankata District
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Chirundu District
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Choma District
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Gwembe District
Gwembe District is a Districts of Zambia, district of Zambia, located in Southern Province, Zambia, Southern Province. The capital now lies at Munyumbwe (the capital was formerly Gwembe, Gwembe Town). As of the 2016 Zambian Census, the district had ...
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Itezhi-Tezhi District
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Kalomo District
Kalomo District is a district of Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its ...
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Kazungula District
Kazungula District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Kazungula
Kazungula is a small border town in Zambia, lying on the north bank of the Zambezi River about west of Livingstone on the M10 Road.
At ...
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Livingstone District
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Mazabuka District
Mazabuka District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Mazabuka
Mazabuka is a town in the Southern Province of Zambia. It is the capital of Mazabuka District, one of the thirteen administrative units in ...
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Monze District
Monze District is a district of Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its ...
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Namwala District
Namwala District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Namwala. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 82,810 people.
Geography
Namwala covers an area of approximately 10,000 square ki ...
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Pemba District
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Siavonga District
Siavonga District is a Districts of Zambia, district of Zambia, located in Southern Province, Zambia, Southern Province. The capital lies at Siavonga. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 58,864 people. It is separated fr ...
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Sinazongwe District
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Zimba District
Zimba District is a district of Southern Province, Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in So ...
Western Province
Western Province or West Province may refer to:
* Western Province, Cameroon
*Western Province, Rwanda
*Western Province (Kenya)
*Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
*Western Province (Solomon Islands)
*Western Province, Sri Lanka
*Western Provin ...
Western Province is composed of 16 districts.
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Kalabo District
Kalabo District is a district of Zambia, located in Western Province. The capital lies at Kalabo
Kalabo is an urban centre in Kalabo District, in the Western Province of Zambia. The town is the headquarters of the district with the same name.
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Kaoma District
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Limulunga District
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Luampa District
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Lukulu District
Lukulu District is a Districts of Zambia, district of Zambia, located in Western Province, Zambia, Western Province. The capital lies at Lukulu. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 68,375 people.
References
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Mitete District
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Mongu District
Mongu District is a district of Zambia with headquarters at Mongu
Mongu is the capital of Western Province in Zambia and was the capital of the formerly-named province and historic state of Barotseland. Its population is 179,585 (2010 census), ...
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Mulobezi District
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Mwandi District
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Nalolo District
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Nkeyema District
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Senanga District
Senanga District is a district of Zambia, located in Western Province. The capital lies at Senanga
Senanga is the capital of the Senanga District, which is located in the Western Province of Zambia. The town is situated on the eastern bank of th ...
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Sesheke District
Sesheke District is a district of Zambia, located in Western Province. The capital lies at Sesheke. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 78,169 people. It contains Sioma Ngwezi National Park and contains part of the Zambe ...
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Shang'ombo District
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Sikongo District
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Sioma District
Sioma District is a district of Zambia, located in Western Province on the west bank of the Zambezi River. The capital lies at Sioma.
The district was created in 2012 by the then president Michael Sata
Michael Charles Chilufya Sata (6 July 19 ...
See also
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Provinces of Zambia
Zambia is divided into 10 provinces for administrative purposes. Each province is headed by a minister appointed by the President and there are ministries of central government for each province. The administrative head of each province is the ...
References
Ministry of Local Government and Housing - Local Authorities
External links
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