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[[Zambia]] is divided into 10 [[province]]s. | |||
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!Province<ref name="statoids">{{cite web| url=http://www.statoids.com/uzm.html | title=Zambia Provinces| author=Gwillim Law| accessdate=2015-06-18}} (Population figures are from the census of 2010).</ref> | |||
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!Area (km²) | |||
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!Density<br/>(people/km²) | |||
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| [[Central Province, Zambia|Central]]<ref name="central">Lusaka province was split from Central province in 1973. Initially Lusaka province was only 360 km², but by 1988 it had been enlarged to its present size.</ref> || [[Kabwe]] ||style="text-align:right"| 94,394||style="text-align:right"| 1,307,111 ||style="text-align:right"| 13.4 ||style="text-align:right"| 11 | |||
|[[File:Zambia - Central.svg|120px]] | |||
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| [[Copperbelt Province|Copperbelt]]<ref name="former">The Copperbelt province was known as Western Province until 1969. At the same time the name of the [[Barotseland]] province was changed to Western province.</ref> || [[Ndola]] ||style="text-align:right"| 31,328 ||style="text-align:right"| 1,972,317 ||style="text-align:right"| 62.5 ||style="text-align:right"| 10 | |||
|[[File:Zambia - Copperbelt.svg|120px]] | |||
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| [[Eastern Province, Zambia|Eastern]] || [[Chipata]] ||style="text-align:right"| 51,476 ||style="text-align:right"| 1,592,661 ||style="text-align:right"| 24.7 ||style="text-align:right"| 9 | |||
|[[File:Zambia - Eastern.svg|120px]] | |||
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| [[Luapula Province|Luapula]] || [[Mansa, Zambia|Mansa]] ||style="text-align:right"| 50,567 ||style="text-align:right"| 991,927||style="text-align:right"| 19.0 ||style="text-align:right"| 11 | |||
|[[File:Zambia - Luapula.svg|120px]] | |||
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| [[Lusaka Province|Lusaka]]<ref name="central"/> || [[Lusaka]] ||style="text-align:right"| 21,896 ||style="text-align:right"| 2,191,225 ||style="text-align:right"| 100.4 ||style="text-align:right"| 8 | |||
|[[File:Zambia - Lusaka.svg|120px]] | |||
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| [[Muchinga Province|Muchinga]]<ref>Created on November 2011, consisting 5 districts from Northern Province and one from Eastern.</ref> || [[Chinsali]]<ref>[http://www.mlgh.gov.zm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73:zambias-10th-provincemuchinga&catid=1:latest&Itemid=60 ''Zambia's 10th Province, Muchinga'', Ministry of Local Government and Housing, Zambia]</ref> ||style="text-align:right"| 87,806 ||style="text-align:right"| 711,657<ref>http://www.citypopulation.de/php/zambia-admin.php</ref>||style="text-align:right"| 8.1 ||style="text-align:right"| 7 | |||
|[[File:Zambia - Muchinga.svg|120px]] | |||
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| [[Northern Province, Zambia|Northern]] || [[Kasama, Zambia|Kasama]] ||style="text-align:right"| 77,650 ||style="text-align:right"| 1,105,824<ref>population figures adjusted for new smaller area</ref> ||style="text-align:right"| 14.2 ||style="text-align:right"| 9 | |||
|[[File:Zambia - Northern.svg|120px]] | |||
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| [[North-Western Province, Zambia|North-Western]] || [[Solwezi]] ||style="text-align:right"| 125,826 ||style="text-align:right"| 727,044 ||style="text-align:right"| 5.6 ||style="text-align:right"| 9 | |||
|[[File:Zambia - North-Western.svg|120px]] | |||
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| [[Southern Province, Zambia|Southern]] || [[Choma, Zambia|Choma]] || style="text-align:right"| 85,283 ||style="text-align:right"| 1,589,926 ||style="text-align:right"| 18.8 ||style="text-align:right"| 13 | |||
|[[File:Zambia - Southern.svg|120px]] | |||
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| [[Western Province, Zambia|Western]]<ref name="former"/> || [[Mongu]] ||style="text-align:right"| 126,386 ||style="text-align:right"| 902,974 ||style="text-align:right"| 7.0 ||style="text-align:right"| 16 | |||
|[[File:Zambia - Western.svg|120px]] | |||
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| '''Zambia''' || '''Lusaka''' ||style="text-align:right"| '''752,612''' ||style="text-align:right"| '''13,092,666''' ||style="text-align:right"| '''17.3''' ||style="text-align:right"| '''103''' | |||
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==See also== | |||
*[[Districts of Zambia]] | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Subdivisions of Zambia]] | |||
[[Category:Lists of country subdivisions|Zambia, Provinces]] | |||
[[Category:Country subdivisions of Africa|Zambia 1]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:00, 1 September 2016
Zambia is divided into 10 provinces. <imagemap> File:Provincial Administrative Divisions of Zambia.png|360px|right|center
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Province[1] | Capital | Area (km²) | Population | Density (people/km²) |
Districts | Map |
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Central[2] | Kabwe | 94,394 | 1,307,111 | 13.4 | 11 | |
Copperbelt[3] | Ndola | 31,328 | 1,972,317 | 62.5 | 10 | |
Eastern | Chipata | 51,476 | 1,592,661 | 24.7 | 9 | |
Luapula | Mansa | 50,567 | 991,927 | 19.0 | 11 | |
Lusaka[2] | Lusaka | 21,896 | 2,191,225 | 100.4 | 8 | |
Muchinga[4] | Chinsali[5] | 87,806 | 711,657[6] | 8.1 | 7 | |
Northern | Kasama | 77,650 | 1,105,824[7] | 14.2 | 9 | |
North-Western | Solwezi | 125,826 | 727,044 | 5.6 | 9 | |
Southern | Choma | 85,283 | 1,589,926 | 18.8 | 13 | |
Western[3] | Mongu | 126,386 | 902,974 | 7.0 | 16 | |
Zambia | Lusaka | 752,612 | 13,092,666 | 17.3 | 103 |
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- ↑ Lua error in ...ribunto/includes/engines/LuaCommon/lualib/mwInit.lua at line 23: bad argument #1 to 'old_ipairs' (table expected, got nil). (Population figures are from the census of 2010).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lusaka province was split from Central province in 1973. Initially Lusaka province was only 360 km², but by 1988 it had been enlarged to its present size.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Copperbelt province was known as Western Province until 1969. At the same time the name of the Barotseland province was changed to Western province.
- ↑ Created on November 2011, consisting 5 districts from Northern Province and one from Eastern.
- ↑ Zambia's 10th Province, Muchinga, Ministry of Local Government and Housing, Zambia
- ↑ http://www.citypopulation.de/php/zambia-admin.php
- ↑ population figures adjusted for new smaller area