Central Province, Zambia

Central
Province
Map of the Central Province and its Districts
Country	Zambia
Capital	Kabwe
Area
• Total	94,394 km2 (36,446 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	1,515,086
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-

Central Province is one of Zambia's ten 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 (the single party era).

National Parks and wildlife areas

For more detail see Central Province in the Wildlife of Zambia

• Kafue National Park, the country's largest, shared with Southern and North-Western Provinces
• Blue Lagoon National Park and the northern part of the Kafue Flats
• Kasanka National Park and the margins of the Bangweulu wetlands
• The eastern end of the province reaches South Luangwa National Park but the latter's access is in Eastern Province
• Lunsemfwa and Lukusashi River valleys
• Lukanga Swamp and the Lunga-Luswishi GMA

Districts

Central Province is divided into 11 districts:

• Chibombo District
• Chisamba District
• Chitambo District
• Itezhi-Tezhi District
• Kabwe District
• Kapiri Mposhi District
• Luano District
• Mkushi District
• Mumbwa District
• Ngabwe District
• Serenje District

Ministers

• Webby Kamwendo
• Sydney Chisanga
• Esther Banda
• Mary Fulanu