Eastern Province, Zambia

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Eastern
Province
Eastern Province showing its districts.
Eastern Province showing its districts.
Country  Zambia
Capital Chipata
Area
 • Total 51,476 km2 (19,875 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 1,813,445
 • Density 35/km2 (91/sq mi)


Eastern Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces. The province lies between the Luangwa River and the border with Malawi, from Isoka in the northeast to just north of Luangwa in the south.[1]

The provincial capital is Chipata. The province's population was 1,306,873 in the 2000 census - about 13% of Zambia's total population.[1]

National Parks and wildlife areas

For more details see Eastern Province in the Wildlife of Zambia

Districts

Eastern Province was formerly divided into 9 districts:

However, Chama District was transferred to the new Muchinga Province when the latter was created in 2011.

References

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