Lavushimanda District Profile

Lavushimanda District is one of the nine (8) Districts of Muchinga Province. It came into existence in 2017 after the delineation of Mpika to create two more districts in the province that is Kanchibiya and Lavushimanda itself.

Lavushimanda district lies between UTM Coordinates 150000.00 E and 38000.00 E, East of the Greenwich Prime Meridian, and 8670000.00N and 8520000.00N south of the Equator. It shares borders with Mpika and Kanchibiya to the North, Mambwe and Petauke district to the East, Chitambo to the South, and Lunga and Samfya districts to the West. It has a total surface area of 14,136.87Km² (1,413,687 Hectares) and lies at 1,568m Above Sea Level. The Great North Road (T2) links Lavushimanda district to Chinsali - the provincial headquarters of Muchinga Province. The administrative centre for the district is Kalonje, which is approximately 291km from Chinsali in the north and approximately 570km from Lusaka in the south.

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