Mafinga District is one of the eight districts of
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 ...
in
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 ...
. The district headquarters is at
Thendere. It also contains the town of
Muyombe. It was named after the
Mafinga Hills.
Mafinga District was created in 2011 by splitting the existing
Isoka District.
References
Districts of Muchinga Province
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