Mambwe 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, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are ...
, 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 west by the Luangwa River, on the south by the Lusangazi River and on the north by the Chisitu River. It is approximately 700km east of Zambia’s capital city – Lusaka – and borders Lundazi district to the north, Mpika to the north-west, Serenje to the west and Petauke to the south-west. Katete is in the south while Chipata is on the south-east side of the district.
The capital lies at
Mambwe named after the great leader of the
Kunda people
Location
The Kunda or Akunda people are an ethnic group of Mambwe District of Eastern Province of Zambia. They number approximately at 250,000 people. They speak Chikunda, a Bantu language closely related to Bisa and Nsenga.
Most Kunda li ...
during their migration from the Congo.
In 2019, City Population, quoting figures from the Central Statistical Office, projected the population of Mambwe District to be at 96, 322 The Kunda represent about 80 percent of the population in the six Kunda chiefdoms under the Kunda chiefs namely: HRH
Senior Chief Nsefu, HRH
Chief Malama, HRH
Chief Msoro, HRH
Chief Mnkhanya, HRH
Chief Kakumbi and HRH
Chief Jumbe.
The district is home of the world-renowned
South Luangwa National Park, one of the greatest wildlife sanctuaries in the world.
The district has 15 Wards and one parliamentary constituency called
Malambo Constituency.
References
Districts of Eastern Province, Zambia
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