Kapiri Mposhi District | |
|---|---|
 District location in Zambia | |
| Country |  Zambia |
| Province | Central Province |
| Capital | Kapiri Mposhi |
| Government | |
| • Mr | M Sydney |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,688.2 km2 (3,740.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 371,068 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (99/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Kapiri Mposhi District is a district of Zambia, located in Central Province. The capital lies at Kapiri Mposhi. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 371,068 people. [1]
The district borders with Copperbelt Province and with the districts of Chibombo, Chisamba, Kabwe, Luano, Masaiti, Mkushi, Mpongwe and Ngabwe.
It was composed by 14 municipalities as of 2010:[ needs update ]
| Municipality | Pop. (2010) [2] |
|---|---|
| Kapiri Mposhi | 14,792 |
| Chango'ndo | 23,935 |
| Chibwelo | 44,783 |
| Chipepo | 14,323 |
| Kakwelesa | 25,556 |
| Kampumba | 6,080 |
| Kapandwe | 3,852 |
| Kashitu | 7,506 |
| Lunchu | 32,138 |
| Lwanchele | 15,117 |
| Mpunde | 25,832 |
| Mushimbili | 18,634 |
| Mukumbwe | 15,546 |
| Ngabwe | 5,692 |
This article is about the Transport in Zambia.
Zambia Railways (ZR) is the national railway company of Zambia, one of the two major railway organisations in Zambia. The other system is the binational TAZARA Railway (TAZARA) that interconnects with the ZR at Kapiri Mposhi and provides a link to the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam.
Kapiri Mposhi is a Zambian town and the seat of the Kapiri Mposhi District in Central Province. Located north of Lusaka, it stands on the Great North Road and is significant for the railway connection between the Zambia Railways line from Kitwe to Lusaka and the western terminus of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority from Dar es Salaam since 1976.
Mkushi is a town in the Central Province of Zambia, located on the Great North Road and the Tazara railway, northeast of Kapiri Mposhi. The Changwena Falls and Fort Elwes lie nearby. Mkushi is well known within Zambia for its commercial farms and is where Chengelo School is situated. An outbreak of fall armyworms started in Mkushi on January 6, 2022.
Central Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces. The provincial capital is Kabwe, which is the home of the Mulungushi Rock of Authority. Central Province has an area of 94,394 km (58,654 mi). It borders eight other provinces and has eleven districts. The total area of forest in the province is 9,095,566 ha, and it has a national park and three game management areas. The first mine in the region was opened up in 1905 making the then Broken Hill town the first mining town. In 1966, the town's name was reverted to its indigenous name - Kabwe meaning 'ore' or 'smelting'.
The Beira–Lobito Highway or TAH 9 is Trans-African Highway 9 in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union. The route has a length of 3,523 km (2,189 mi) crossing Angola, the most southerly part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and central Mozambique.
Kapiri Mposhi is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. It covers the town of Kapiri Mposhi in Kapiri Mposhi District of Central Province.
Chitemene, from the ciBemba word meaning “place where branches have been cut for a garden”, is a system of slash and burn agriculture practiced throughout northern Zambia. It involves coppicing or pollarding of standing trees in a primary or secondary growth Miombo woodland, stacking of the cut biomass, and eventual burning of the cut biomass in order to create a thicker layer of ash than would be possible with in situ burning. Crops such as maize, finger millet, sorghum, or cassava are then planted in the burned area.
Mkushi District is a district of Zambia, located in Central Province. The capital lies at Mkushi. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 208,635 people. The Great North Road and TAZARA railway run through Mkushi district, connecting Kapiri Mposhi with Serenje, Mpika, Kasama & Tanzania. The area is largely undeveloped and home to numerous natural attractions including Lunsemfwa Wonder Gorge, Changwena Falls, and historic Fort Elwes.
The diocese of Kabwe is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church located in Kabwe, Zambia.
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 in the west, and Northern Province in the northwest. The administrative center of the province is Chinsali.
John Mwaimba is a Zambian politician. He served as Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi from 2002 until 2006.
Macdonald Nkabika is a Zambian businessman and former politician. He served as Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi from 1996 until 2001.
Gabriel Kanyenda Maka was a Zambian politician and diplomat. He served as Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi from 1991 until 1996 and was the Zambian Ambassador to Egypt between 2003 and 2004.
Stanley Kasongo Kakubo is a Zambian politician. He has served as a Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi since 2016 and was Minister of Foreign Affairs between September 2021 and December 2023.
Chilonga is a town in Mpika District in the Muchinga Province of Zambia.
The T2 is a trunk road in Zambia. The road runs from the Tunduma border with Tanzania via Mpika, Kabwe and Lusaka to the Chirundu border with Zimbabwe. The road is the longest route of the country, as it is approximately 1,155 kilometres (718 mi). The route from Mpika to Kafue is a toll road. The route from Tanzania to Lusaka is Zambia's Great North Road and is part of the Tanzam Highway.
The T3 is a trunk road in Zambia. The road runs from Kapiri Mposhi via Ndola, Kitwe and Chingola to Kasumbalesa on the border with DR Congo. The entire route is a toll road.
Chisamba District is a district of Central Province, Zambia. It covers a total surface area of 5,204.5 sq km and is known for its agricultural activities with over 32,000 small scale farming families and 256 commercial farmers, the majority of whom are white Zambians. It shares borders with Lusaka, Chongwe, Chibombo, Kabwe, Kapiri Mposhi and Luano Districts. The District has a total population of 160,828.
Ngabwe District is a district of Central Province, Zambia. It was separated from Kapiri Mposhi District in 2012.
| Central Province | |
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| Copperbelt Province | |
| Eastern Province | |
| Luapula Province | |
| Lusaka Province | |
| Muchinga Province | |
| Northern Province | |
| North-Western Province | |
| Southern Province | |
| Western Province | |
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