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'''Mumbwa District''' is a [[Districts of Zambia|district]] of [[Zambia]], located in [[Central Province, Zambia|Central Province]]. The capital lies at [[Mumbwa]]. As of the 2010 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 218,328 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/Zambia/PreliminaryReport.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707055515/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/Zambia/PreliminaryReport.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2012|title=2010 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING|publisher=Republic of Zambia|accessdate=March 22, 2015}}</ref>
'''Mumbwa District''' is a [[Districts of Zambia|district]] of [[Zambia]], located in [[Central Province, Zambia|Central Province]]. The capital lies at [[Mumbwa]]. As of the 2010 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 218,328 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/Zambia/PreliminaryReport.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707055515/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/Zambia/PreliminaryReport.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2012|title=2010 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING|publisher=Republic of Zambia|access-date=March 22, 2015}}</ref>


==Towns==
==Towns==
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==Bodies of Water==
==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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbnrm.net/pdf/bwalya_sm_001_zambiacbwm.pdf|title=Critical Analysis of Community-Based Wildlife Resource Management in Southern Africa: Case Study from Zambia|publisher=Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics of the University of Rhode Island|author=Samuel Mulenga Bwalya|accessdate=December 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915190843/http://www.cbnrm.net/pdf/bwalya_sm_001_zambiacbwm.pdf|archive-date=September 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbnrm.net/pdf/bwalya_sm_001_zambiacbwm.pdf|title=Critical Analysis of Community-Based Wildlife Resource Management in Southern Africa: Case Study from Zambia|publisher=Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics of the University of Rhode Island|author=Samuel Mulenga Bwalya|access-date=December 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915190843/http://www.cbnrm.net/pdf/bwalya_sm_001_zambiacbwm.pdf|archive-date=September 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Transportation==
==Transportation==

Revision as of 16:10, 2 January 2021

Mumbwa District
District location in Zambia
District location in Zambia
Country Zambia
ProvinceCentral Province
CapitalMumbwa
Area
 • Total
21,103 km2 (8,148 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
273,869
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)

Mumbwa District is a district of Zambia, located in Central Province. The capital lies at Mumbwa. As of the 2010 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 218,328 people.[1]

Towns

Mumbwa District's main population center is Mumbwa, which is close to another towns such as Kasip and Muembe. In the district's south are 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 M9 (which merges with Moshi Road near Game Scout Camp and later reaches Lusaka), M20, D181, D183, and D769.

References

  1. ^ "2010 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING" (PDF). Republic of Zambia. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  2. ^ Samuel Mulenga Bwalya. "Critical Analysis of Community-Based Wildlife Resource Management in Southern Africa: Case Study from Zambia" (PDF). Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics of the University of Rhode Island. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 15, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2013.

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