Kawambwa District is a
district
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of
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...
, 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 per the 2010 Zambian census, the Province had a population of 991,92 ...
. The capital lies at
Kawambwa
Kawambwa is a town in the Zambian province of Luapula located on thedge of the northern Zambian plateau above the Luapula valley at an altitude of 1300 m. It was chosen as an administrative district of the same name by the British colonial author ...
, which lies at the intersection of three roads: D19,
M13, and Kawambwa-Mbereshi. The
Luapula River
The Luapula River is a section of Africa's second-longest river, the Congo. It is a transnational river forming for nearly all its length part of the border between Zambia and the DR Congo. It joins Lake Bangweulu (wholly in Zambia) to Lake Mwe ...
forms its boundary with the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 102,503 people. It consists of two constituencies, namely
Kawambwa
Kawambwa is a town in the Zambian province of Luapula located on thedge of the northern Zambian plateau above the Luapula valley at an altitude of 1300 m. It was chosen as an administrative district of the same name by the British colonial author ...
and
Pambashe.
Climate change
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led to both floods and
drought
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in Kawambwa District in 2008, thus hampering the activities of subsistence farmers.
Lusenga Plain National Park
Lusenga Plain National Park is a national park in the Kawambwa District, Luapula Province, Zambia, Luapula Province of Zambia, to the south-east of Lake Mweru.
Originally a grounds for hunting, Lusenga Plain was converted into one of Zambia's nat ...
, which was converted from a hunting area, is an 880 square kilometer park in the district's northern corner.
References
Districts of Luapula Province
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