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Mumbwa District

Coordinates: 15°00′S 26°30′E / 15.000°S 26.500°E / -15.000; 26.500
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Mumbwa District
District
District location in Zambia
District location in Zambia
Country Zambia
ProvinceCentral Province
CapitalMumbwa
Area
 • Total21,103 km2 (8,148 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total273,869
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)

Mumbwa District is a district of Zambia, located in Central Province. The capital lies at Mumbwa. As of the 2010 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 218,328 people.[1] It consists of two constituencies, being Mumbwa and Nangoma.

Towns

Mumbwa District's main population center is Mumbwa, which is close to another towns such as Kasip and Muembe. In the district's south are Banachewembwe and Namukumbo.

Bodies of Water

The Kafue River forms the district's boundary with Kasempa District before it bisects the district. On its banks is Game Scout Camp. The Chulwe fishing camp lies in Blue Lagoon National Park.[2]

Transportation

The roads that lie in the district are the M9 (which heads to Lusaka in the east and to Kaoma and Mongu in the west), M20 (Old Mumbwa Road; which heads eastwards from Mumbwa to Landless Corner and Kabwe), D181 (which heads northwards from Mumbwa to Kasempa), D180 (which connects Mumbwa with Itezhi-Tezhi), D183 and D769 (which connects the central part of the Kafue National Park with Itezhi-Tezhi).

References

  1. ^ "2010 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING" (PDF). Republic of Zambia. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  2. ^ Samuel Mulenga Bwalya. "Critical Analysis of Community-Based Wildlife Resource Management in Southern Africa: Case Study from Zambia" (PDF). Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics of the University of Rhode Island. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 15, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2013.

15°00′S 26°30′E / 15.000°S 26.500°E / -15.000; 26.500


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