Chipata District

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Chipata District
Chipata District, Zambia 2022.png
District location in Zambia
CountryFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Province Eastern Province
Capital Chipata
Area
  Total1,691.1 km2 (652.9 sq mi)
Elevation
1,181 m (3,875 ft)
Population
 (2022)
  Total327,057
  Density193.4/km2 (501/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (CAT)
Traffic sign on Great East Road in Chipata A Traffic Sign.jpg
Traffic sign on Great East Road in Chipata

Chipata District is a district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province. The capital lies at Chipata. As of the 2010 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 455,783 people. [1]

Chipata City Centre is located about 570 km from Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, on the Great East Road while it is only 130 km from Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi. Thus, Chipata accesses its imports mainly from Nacala and Dar es Salaam ports in Mozambique and Tanzania respectively, all routes passing through Malawi to Mwami Border. The District has a firm foundation of being a trade centre dating back to the colonial era of the current Zambia, when it was called Fort Jameson and was the capital of North-Eastern Rhodesia up to 1911. This cornerstone has left the town as the hub of Eastern Province, by maintaining its position as a Provincial Headquarters. [2] Chipata was declared a city on 24 February 2017 (no-longer a town). [2] [3]

Constituencies

Chipata District has two constituencies, namely Chipata Central and Luangeni. [4] [5] [ non-primary source needed ]

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References

  1. "Districts of Zambia". Statoids. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Times of Zambia". 2020-05-30.
  3. Mwendabai, Darlington (25 February 2017). "Chipata: Newest city on the hills". Zambia Daily Mail . Lusaka. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  4. Chipata Spends About K34 Million on Constituency Development Funds (CDF) Projects in 2023 - Eastern Provincial Administration
  5. A Joint Chipata District CDF Monitoring Exercise in Luangeni Excite Residents - Chipata City Council

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