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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)
!Population
!Density<br/>(people/km²)
!Districts
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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==
{{reflist}}
{{Districts of Zambia}}
[[Category:Provinces of Zambia| ]]
[[Category:Subdivisions of Zambia]]
[[Category:Lists of country subdivisions|Zambia, Provinces]]
[[Category:Country subdivisions of Africa|Zambia 1]]
[[Category:First-level administrative country subdivisions|Provinces, Zambia]]
[[Category:Zambia geography-related lists]]
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