Shiwang'andu District is a district 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 ...

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 ...

. It was created in February 2013 by splitting

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 ...

. It is named after

Lake Ishiba Ng'andu Lake Ishiba Ng'andu is a lake close to the watershed between the Luangwa and Chambeshi River basins in the Muchinga Province of Zambia, on the Chambeshi side. Its name in the Bemba language means 'lake of the royal crocodile'. It measures about . ...

and the district also contains the Shiwa Ngandu Estate.

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Districts of Muchinga Province {{Zambia-geo-stub