Isoka District Profile

Isoka is one of the eight (8) districts found in Muchinga Province of Zambia. It is one of the oldest districts in the country as it celebrated its 100 years of existence in the year 2021.

The district is located at the far Eastern corner of the country between longitude 32˚ 29’ 0” and 33˚ 50’ 0” East and latitude 9˚ 45’ 0” and 10˚ 49’ 2” South. It covers an area of 4,665.91km² (466,591 Hectares) with most of the land being under customary tenure. The district shares international boundaries in the East with Malawi and shares its administrative district boundary in the North with Nakonde, in the South with Chinsali and East with Mafinga and in the South-East with Chama district of Eastern Province. Isoka District is approximately 950km from Lusaka the Capital of Zambia, about 106 Km from Chinsali the Provincial headquarters and slightly over 110km from the nearest Tanzanian town of Tunduma.

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