Chibombo District

Chibombo District
District
District location in Zambia
District location in Zambia
Country Zambia
ProvinceCentral Province
CapitalChibombo
Area
 • Total
13,423 km2 (5,183 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
421,315
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)

Chibombo District is a district of Central Province, Zambia. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 421,315 people.[1][2] It consists of two constituencies, namely Keembe and Katuba.

Its headquarters are at Chibombo, and it lies between the Lukanga Swamp in the west and the end of the Luangwa Valley in the east. It includes good commercial farmland north of Lusaka. Most of the people occupying this place are low-scale commercial farmers. Chibombo has attracted the interest of people from more developed areas of the country like Lusaka, and the Copperbelt province.

View of a village in Chibombo

The sparsely populated district still recognises a traditional hierarchy of leadership. They have a Chief and many Headmen who look after the smaller constituent villages.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Chibombo (District, Zambia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  2. ^ 2022 Census of Population and Housing - Preliminary Report (PDF)
  3. ^ Tiwari, Amy; Russpatrick, Scott; Hoehne, Alexandra; Matimelo, Selma M.; Mazimba, Sharon; Nkhata, Ilenga; Osbert, Nicolas; Soloka, Geoffrey; Winters, Anna; Winters, Benjamin; Larsen, David A. (2017-11-08). "Assessing the Impact of Leveraging Traditional Leadership on Access to Sanitation in Rural Zambia". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 97 (5): 1355–1361. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0612. ISSN 0002-9637. PMC 5817733. PMID 29016281.

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