Mongu District

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Mongu District
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District location in Zambia
CountryFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Province Western Province
Capital Mongu
Population
 (2000)
  Total162,002
Time zone UTC+2 (CAT)

Mongu District is a district of Zambia with headquarters at Mongu. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 162,002 people. [1] More than a quarter of whom live in Mongu town; the remainder live on the floodplain or its edge. East of the Lui River, the population is very low due to the absence of surface water in the dry season.

It consists of two constituencies, namely Mongu Central and Nalikwanda. [2]

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References

  1. "Districts of Zambia". Statoids. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
  2. "Mongu Central, Nalikwanda constituencies receive third quarter CDF". MoneyFM 93.7. 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2024-06-08.

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