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Luanshya is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. The modern constituency covers all but the western parts of Luanshya and the town of Fisenge in Luanshya District of Copperbelt Province. [1]
The constituency was established in 1941 when Ndola was split into two and originally covered the towns of Luanshya and Mufulira. [2] It was later reconfigured to cover Luanshya and Kansenji and then Luanshya and Kalulushi.
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