Chilubi District | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Zambia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Chilubi |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 66338 |
Timezone: | CAT |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Chilubi District with headquarters at Chilubi is located in Northern Province, Zambia. It covers the north-east Lake Bangweulu and Bangweulu Wetlands containing several islands including Chilubi Island, and some of the mainland northeast of the lake. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 66,338 people.[1]
Other islands in Chilubi District include Chichile, Kasansa, Panyo Island and Luangwa, all at the edges of the swamps where they dry out sufficiently in the dry season to form a connection to the mainland.[2]
Isangano National Park lies in the east of the district but it has no management and most of the wildlife has been poached out.[3]