Northern Province, Zambia
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-1031Coordinates: 10° 0′ S, 31° 0′ E
The Northern Province of the Republic of Zambia is one of the ten provinces of the country. It has 1,105,824 inhabitants (Census 2010) and covers 77,650 km².
The Northern Province is divided into 12 districts with Kasama as the provincial capital and is considered Zambia's Wild North. Although the TAZARA and the Tanzam Highway pass through here, both give little economic impetus due to the conditions of goods handling in the port of Dar-es-Salaam and are alone also too little to open up the province, whose other road network is miserable. Numerous development projects are attempting to provide the people here with an economic basis, whereby tourism, along with coffee, seems to be the most promising sector. Geographical features of the province are Lake Tanganyika, Lake Bangweulu and Lake Mweru-Wantipa as well as a number of waterfalls of the Kalungwishi: Lumangwe Falls, Chishimba Falls and Kalambo Falls. There is also the North Luangwa National Park and the Luambe National Park in the valley of the Luangwa River in the east of the province.
Districts
- Chilubi
- Chinsali
- Isoka
- Kaputa
- Kasama
- Luwingu
- Mbala
- Mpika
- Mporokoso
- Mpulungu
- Mungwi
- Nakonde
Provinces of Zambia
Copperbelt | Luapula | Lusaka | Muchinga | Northern Province | North Western Province | Eastern Province | Southern Province | Western Province | Central Province
