The nine provinces of Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

 are divided into a total of 72 districts.

Article 109 in part VIII of the constitution

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 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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The 72 districts are listed below, by province:

Central Province

Central Province, Zambia

Central Province is one of Zambia's nine provinces. The provincial capital is Kabwe, home of the Mulungushi Rock of Authority, founder home of UNIP, the ruling political party in the second republic ....

• Chibombo District
  Chibombo District
  Chibombo District is a district of Central Province, Zambia. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 241,612 people.Its headquarters are at Chibombo, and it lies between the Lukanga Swamp in the west and the end of the Luangwa Valley in the east. It includes good commercial...
  
  
• Kabwe District
  Kabwe District
  Kabwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Central Province. The capital lies at Kabwe. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 176,758 people.-References:...
  
  
• Kapiri Mposhi District
  Kapiri Mposhi District
  Kapiri Mposhi District is a district of Zambia, located in Central Province. The capital lies at Kapiri Mposhi. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 194,752 people....
  
  
• Mkushi District
  Mkushi District
  Mkushi District is a district of Zambia, located in Central Province. The capital lies at Mkushi. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 107,438 people....
  
  
• Mumbwa District
  Mumbwa District
  Mumbwa District is a district of Zambia, located in Central Province. The capital lies at Mumbwa. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 158,861 people.-References:...
  
  
• Serenje District
  Serenje District
  Serenje District is a district of Zambia, located in Central Province. The capital lies at Serenje. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 132,836 people.-References:...
  
  

Copperbelt Province

Copperbelt Province

Copperbelt Province in Zambia 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 immediate post-independence period, but its economic importance was severely...

• Chililabombwe District
  Chililabombwe District
  Chililabombwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital lies at Chililabombwe. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 67,533 people.-References:...
  
  
• Chingola District
  Chingola District
  Chingola District is a district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital lies at Chingola. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 172,026 people.-References:...
  
  
• Kalulushi District
  Kalulushi District
  Kalulushi District is a district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital lies at Kalulushi. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 75,806 people.-References:...
  
  
• Kitwe District
  Kitwe District
  Kitwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital lies at Kitwe. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 376,124 people.-References:...
  
  
• Luanshya District
  Luanshya District
  Luanshya District is a district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital lies at Luanshya. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 147,908 people.-References:...
  
  
• Lufwanyama District
  Lufwanyama District
  Lufwanyama District with headquarters at Lufwanyama is a large rural undeveloped district in the west of Copperbelt Province. On a number of maps it is mixed up with Mpongwe District and Masaiti District. At one time these three districts were known as 'Ndola Rural'. As of the 2000 Zambian Census,...
  
  
• Masaiti District
  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....
  
  
• Mpongwe District
  Mpongwe District
  Mpongwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital lies at Mpongwe. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 64,371 people....
  
  
• Mufulira District
  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.-References:...
  
  
• Ndola District
  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.-References:...
  
  

Eastern Province

Eastern Province, Zambia

Eastern Province is one of Zambia's nine provinces. The province lies between the Luangwa River and the border with Malawi, from Isoka in the northeast to just north of Luangwa in the south.The provincial capital is Chipata...

• Chadiza District
  Chadiza District
  Chadiza District with the headquarters at Chadiza lies in the extreme south-east corner of Zambia, bordering Malawi to its east and Mozambique to its south. The eastern half of the district is characterised by wooded rocky hills rising to 1330 m while the western half has the same character as the...
  
  
• Chama District
  Chama District
  Chama District with the headquarters at Chama is the most northerly, largest and least-populated 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...
  
  
• Chipata District
  Chipata District
  Chipata District is a district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province. The capital lies at Chipata. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 367,539 people.-References:...
  
  
• Katete District
  Katete District
  Katete District with headquarters at Katete in Eastern Province, Zambia, includes woodland in the north sloping down into the Luangwa Valley, good farmland amid rocky hills in the centre, and deforested plateau exposed to soil erosion and degradation in the south along the border with Mozambique...
  
  
• Lundazi District
  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.-References:...
  
  
• Mambwe District
  Mambwe District
  Mambwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province. The capital lies at Mambwe. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 70,425 people....
  
  
• Nyimba District
  Nyimba District
  Nyimba District is a district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province. The capital lies at Nyimba. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 47,376 people....
  
  
• Petauke District
  Petauke District
  Petauke District is a district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province. The capital lies at Petauke. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 235,879 people.-References:...
  
  

Luapula Province

Luapula Province

Luapula Province is one of Zambia's nine provinces, and is located in the north of the country. The provincial capital is Mansa. Luapula Province was named after the Luapula River....

• Chiengi District
  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...
  
  
• Kawambwa District
  Kawambwa District
  Kawambwa District is a district of Zambia, located in Luapula Province. The capital lies at Kawambwa. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 102,503 people.-References:...
  
  
• Mansa District
  Mansa District, Zambia
  Mansa District with headquarters at Mansa, Zambia is a district located in Luapula Province. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 179,749 people.-References:...
  
  
• Milenge District
  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 undeveloped, lacking roads and infrastructure...
  
  
• Mwense District
  Mwense District
  Mwense District is a district of Zambia, located in Luapula Province. The capital lies at Mwense. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 105,759 people.-References:...
  
  
• Nchelenge District
  Nchelenge District
  Nchelenge District is a district of Zambia, located in Luapula Province. The capital lies at Nchelenge. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 111,119 people.-References:...
  
  
• Samfya District
  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 District of Northern Province. The only extensive dry...
  
  

Lusaka Province

Lusaka Province

Lusaka Province is one of Zambia's nine provinces. The provincial capital is Lusaka, which is also the national capital.-National Parks and wildlife areas:*Lower Zambezi National Park...

• Chongwe District
  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....
  
  
• Kafue District
  Kafue District
  Kafue District is a district of Zambia, located in Lusaka Province. The capital lies at Kafue. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 150,217 people....
  
  
• Luangwa District
  Luangwa District
  Luangwa District is a district of Zambia, located in Lusaka Province. The capital lies at Luangwa. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 18,948 people.-References:...
  
  
• Lusaka District
  Lusaka District
  Lusaka District is a district of Zambia, located in Lusaka Province. The capital lies at Lusaka. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 1,084,703 people.-References:...
  
  

North-Western Province

North-Western Province, Zambia

North-Western Province is one of Zambia's nine provinces. It covers an area of 125,826 km² and has a population of 583,350 . It is the most sparsely populated province in the country...

• Chavuma District
  Chavuma District
  Chavuma District is a district of Zambia, located in Northwestern Province. The capital lies at Chavuma. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 29,941 people....
  
  
• Kabompo District
  Kabompo District
  Kabompo District is a district of Zambia, located in Northwestern Province. The capital lies at Kabompo. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 51,904 people.-References:...
  
  
• Kasempa District
  Kasempa District
  Kasempa District is a district of Zambia, located in Northwestern Province. The capital lies at Kasempa. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 44,002 people.-References:...
  
  
• Mufumbwe District
  Mufumbwe District
  Mufumbwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Northwestern Province. The capital lies at Mufumbwe. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 71,238 people....
  
  
• Mwinilunga District
  Mwinilunga District
  Mwinilunga District is a district of Zambia, located in Northwestern Province. The capital lies at Mwinilunga. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 117,505 people.-References:...
  
  
• Solwezi District
  Solwezi District
  Solwezi District is a district of Zambia, located in Northwestern Province. The capital lies at Solwezi. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 203,797 people.-References:...
  
  
• Zambezi District
  Zambezi District
  Zambezi District is a district of Zambia, located in Northwestern Province. The capital lies at Zambezi. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 64,963 people.-References:...
  
  

Northern Province

Northern Province, Zambia

Northern Province is one of Zambia's nine provinces. It covers approximately one fifth of Zambia in land area. The provincial capital is Kasama. The province is made up of 12 districts, namely Kasama , Chilubi, Isoka, Chinsali, Kaputa, Luwingu, Mbala, Mporokoso, Mpika, Mpulungu, Mungwi and Nakonde...

• Chilubi District
  Chilubi District
  Chilubi District with headquarters at Chilubi is located in Northern Province, Zambia. It covers the north-east Bangweulu Lake and Bangweulu swamps containing several islands including Chilubi Island, and some of the mainland northeast of the lake...
  
  
• Chinsali District
  Chinsali District
  Chinsali District with headquarters at Chinsali is located in Northern Province, Zambia.It lies on the watershed between the Chambeshi River in the Congo basin and the Luangwa River in the Zambezi basin...
  
  
• Isoka District
  Isoka District
  Isoka District is a district of Zambia, located in Northern Province. The capital lies at Isoka. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 99,319 people.-References:...
  
  
• Kaputa District
  Kaputa District
  Kaputa District is a district of Zambia, located in Northern Province. The capital lies at Kaputa. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 87,233 people.-References:...
  
  
• Kasama District
  Kasama District
  Kasama District is a central district of Northern Province, Zambia. It surrounds the provincial capital of Kasama town. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 170,929 people.-References:...
  
  
• Luwingu District
  Luwingu District
  Luwingu District is a district of Zambia, located in Northern Province. The capital lies at Luwingu. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 80,758 people.-References:...
  
  
• Mbala District
  Mbala District
  Mbala District is a district of Zambia, located in Northern Province. The capital lies at Mbala. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 149,634 people.-References:...
  
  
• Mpika District
  Mpika District
  Mpika District is a district of Zambia, located in Northern Province. The capital lies at Mpika. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 146,196 people.-References:...
  
  
• Mporokoso District
  Mporokoso District
  Mporokoso District is a district of Zambia, located in Northern Province. The capital lies at Mporokoso. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 73,929 people.-References:...
  
  
• Mpulungu District
  Mpulungu District
  Mpulungu District is a district of Zambia, located in Northern Province. The capital lies at Mpulungu. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 67,602 people....
  
  
• Mungwi District
  Mungwi District
  Mungwi District is a district of Zambia, located in Northern Province. The capital lies at Mungwi. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 112,977 people....
  
  
• Nakonde District
  Nakonde District
  Nakonde District is a district of Zambia, located in Northern Province. The capital lies at Nakonde. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 75,135 people.-References:...
  
  

Southern Province

Southern Province, Zambia

Southern Province is one of Zambia's nine provinces, and home to Zambia's premier tourist attraction, Mosi-oa-Tunya , shared with Zimbabwe...

• Choma District
  Choma District
  Choma District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Choma. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 74,890 people.-References:...
  
  
• Gwembe District
  Gwembe District
  Gwembe District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Gwembe. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 34,133 people.-References:...
  
  
• Itezhi-Tezhi
  Itezhi-Tezhi
  Itezhi-Tezhi is a small town in the northwestern part of Southern Province, Zambia. It lies west of the town of Namwala.Itezhi-Tezhi came into existence when the Itezhi-Tezhi Dam was constructed on the Kafue River in the early 1970s. The dam was created to hold and regulate the water flow in the...
  
  
• Kalomo District
  Kalomo District
  Kalomo District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Kalomo. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 169,503 people.-References:...
  
  
• Kazungula District
  Kazungula District
  Kazungula District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Kazungula. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 68,265 people....
  
  
• Livingstone District
  Livingstone District
  Livingstone District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Livingstone, Zambia. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 103,288 people.-References:...
  
  
• Mazabuka District
  Mazabuka District
  Mazabuka District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Mazabuka. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 203,219 people.-References:...
  
  
• Monze District
  Monze District
  Monze District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Monze. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 163,578 people.-References:...
  
  
• Namwala
  Namwala
  Namwala is a town and seat of Namwala District in Southern Province of Zambia. Namwala town has a population of over 5,000 people. It lies on the southern bank of the Kafue River at 996 metres above sea level. It houses the administrative offices of Namwala District and is the principal town of the...
  
  
• Siavonga District
  Siavonga District
  Siavonga District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Siavonga. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 58,864 people....
  
  
• Sinazongwe District
  Sinazongwe District
  Sinazongwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Sinazongwe. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 80,455 people....
  
  

Western Province

Western Province, Zambia

Western Province, encompasses the area formerly known as Barotseland in the colonial era.-Districts:Western Province is divided into 7 districts:*Kalabo District*Kaoma District*Lukulu District*Mongu District*Senanga District*Sesheke District...

• Kalabo District
  Kalabo District
  Kalabo District is a district of Zambia, located in Western Province. The capital lies at Kalabo. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 114,806 people.-References:...
  
  
• Kaoma District
  Kaoma District
  Kaoma District with headquarters at Kaoma, Zambia is located in the north-east corner of Western Province. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 162,568 people.The population lives mainly around Kaoma town and the northern parts of the district along the Luena and Luampa...
  
  
• Lukulu District
  Lukulu District
  Lukulu District is a district of Zambia, located in Western Province. The capital lies at Lukulu. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 68,375 people.-References:...
  
  
• Mongu District
  Mongu District
  Mongu District is a district of Zambia with headquarters at Mongu. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 162,002 people.More than a quarter of whom live in Mongu town; the remainder live on the floodplain or its edge. East of the Lui River, the population is very low due...
  
  
• Senanga District
  Senanga District
  Senanga District is a district of Zambia, located in Western Province. The capital lies at Senanga. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 109,119 people.-References:...
  
  
• Sesheke District
  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.-References:...
  
  
• Shangombo District
  Shangombo District
  Shangombo District with headquarters at Shangombo is located in Zambia. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 70,049 people....
  
  

External links

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