Mumbwa District Explained

Mumbwa District
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:300px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Zambia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Central Province
Subdivision Type2:Capital
Subdivision Name2:Mumbwa
Area Total Km2:19858.8
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:332237
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CAT
Utc Offset:+2

Mumbwa District is a district of Zambia, located in Central Province. The capital lies at Mumbwa. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 332,237 people.[1] It consists of two constituencies, being Mumbwa and Nangoma.

Towns

Mumbwa District's main population center is Mumbwa, which is close to other towns such as Kasip and Muembe. In the district's south are the settlements of Banachewembwe and Namukumbo.

Bodies of Water

The Kafue River forms the district's boundary with Kasempa District before it bisects the district. On its banks is Game Scout Camp. The Chulwe fishing camp lies in Blue Lagoon National Park.[2]

Transportation

The roads that lie in the district are the M9 (which heads to Lusaka in the east and to Kaoma and Mongu in the west), M20 (Old Mumbwa Road; which heads eastwards from Mumbwa to Landless Corner and Kabwe), D181 (which heads northwards from Mumbwa to Kasempa), D180 (which connects Mumbwa with Itezhi-Tezhi), D183 and D769 (which connects the central part of the Kafue National Park with Itezhi-Tezhi).

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/wcmsp5/groups/public/@africa/@ro-abidjan/@ilo-lusaka/documents/genericdocument/wcms_888660.pdf 2022 Census of Population and Housing - Preliminary Report
  2. Web site: Critical Analysis of Community-Based Wildlife Resource Management in Southern Africa: Case Study from Zambia. Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics of the University of Rhode Island. Samuel Mulenga Bwalya. December 30, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120915190843/http://www.cbnrm.net/pdf/bwalya_sm_001_zambiacbwm.pdf. September 15, 2012. dead.