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Mansa Central is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. [1] It covers the southern part of Mansa and a rural area to the south of the city in Mansa District of Luapula Province.
Kawambwa is a town in the Zambian province of Luapula located on thedge of the northern Zambian plateau above the Luapula valley at an altitude of 1300 m. It was chosen as an administrative district of the same name by the British colonial authorities who preferred the climate of the plateau rather than the hotter valley where most of the district's population live, and it continues as an administrative district today.
Mansa is the capital of the Luapula Province of Zambia, and headquarters of Mansa District. It takes its name from the local Chief Mansa and the small Mansa River which flows west to the Luapula River. During British rule the city was named Fort Rosebery.
Luapula Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces located in the northern part of the country. Luapula Province is named after the Luapula River and its capital is Mansa. As per the 2010 Zambian census, the Province had a population of 991,927, which accounted for 7.57 per cent of the total Zambian population.
The National Assembly is Zambia's unicameral legislative body. Between 1972 and 1990, Zambia was a one-party state with the United National Independence Party (UNIP) as the sole legal party.
The Catholic Church in Zambia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are over about three million Catholics in the country, or 21% of the total population. There are ten dioceses, including two archdioceses.
The ten provinces of Zambia are divided into a total of 116 districts as of 2018.
Mansa may refer to:
The Ministry of Health is a ministry in Zambia. Its head offices are located in Lusaka.
Milenge District with headquarters at Milenge, Zambia is the most southerly district in the Luapula Province and was carved out of Mansa District. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 28,790 people. It is rural and undeveloped, lacking roads and infrastructure. Its southern boundary is the Luapula River which divides it from DR Congo and the district lies roughly between the Chembe Ferry to Mansa road in the west and the Kapalala Ferry to Samfya road in the east. A single dirt road runs through the central part of the district from Chembe in the west following the north-west bank of the Lwela River, passing through Milenge Boma, Milambo and Lwela Mission, eventually connecting to the provincial capital, Mansa in the north-west. Most of the population of the district lives along the shallow valley of the Lwela River. The district is gently undulating flat plateau with an elevation of about 1200 m, consisting of woodland and wooded grassland interspersed with dambos.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Zambia:
Zambia, officially known as the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west. The capital city is Lusaka, located in the southeast of the country. The population is concentrated mainly around the capital and the Copperbelt to the northwest.
Mansa District with headquarters at Mansa, Mansa is a district located in Luapula Province. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 179,749 people.
Nchelenge District is a district of Zambia, located in the Luapula Province. The capital lies at Nchelenge. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 111,119 people.
Chitalu Chilufya is a Zambian physician and politician. He is currently a Member of the National Assembly for Mansa Central. He was Minister of Health from August 2016 to January 2021. He was fired after a scandal involving the distribution of defective leaking condoms and safety gloves.It was later discovered that the scandal was a hoax by the Dr. Christopher Kalila, MP led Parliamentary Committee on Health, Community Development and Social Services in June, 2022 as its Report for the First Session of the Thirteenth National Assembly revealed that the country had never procured expired, defective medicine and medical supplies it received were certified to be fit and safe for public consumption by the World Health Organization and Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority.
Bahati is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. It covers the northern part of Mansa and a rural area to the north of the city in Mansa District of Luapula Province.
The M4 Road is a road in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. The Road connects the city of Ndola with the city of Mufulira. The route extends to connect Mufulira with the city of Kitwe. As it is a v-shaped route, the M4 Road starts and ends at a junction with the T3 Road.
The M3 Road is a road in northern Zambia that connects Kasama in the Northern Province with the Congo Pedicle border at Chembe in the Luapula Province via Luwingu and Mansa. The road contains two tollgates between Kasama and Mansa.
The M13 is a road in the Luapula Province of Zambia that connects Chipili with Kawambwa.