Mpongwe District
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Mpongwe District is a district
of Zambia
, located in Copperbelt Province
. The capital lies at Mpongwe
. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 64,371 people.
Districts of Zambia
The nine provinces of Zambia are divided into a total of 72 districts.Article 109 in part VIII of the constitution of Zambia deals with local government...
of Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
, located in Copperbelt Province
Copperbelt Province
Copperbelt Province in Zambia covers the mineral-rich Copperbelt, and farming and bush areas to the south. It was the backbone of the Northern Rhodesian economy during British colonial rule and fuelled the hopes of the immediate post-independence period, but its economic importance was severely...
. The capital lies at Mpongwe
Mpongwe
The Mpongwe are an ethnic group in Gabon, notable as the earliest known dwellers around the Estuary, where Libreville is now located.The Mpongwe language identifies them as a subgroup of the Myènè people of the Bantus, who are believed to have been in the area for some 2,000 years, although the...
. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 64,371 people.