Chipata_District

Chipata District

Chipata District

District in Eastern Province, Zambia

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]

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Traffic sign on Great East Road in Chipata

Chipata City Centre is located about 600 km from Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, on the Great East Road while it is only 110 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.

References

  1. [1]
    "Districts of Zambia". Statoids. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Times of Zambia". 2020-05-30.
  3. [3]
    Mwendabai, Darlington (25 February 2017). "Chipata: Newest city on the hills". Zambia Daily Mail. Lusaka. Retrieved 22 November 2018.

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