Administrative division of Zambia

The administrative structure of Zambia has two administrative levels. Since 2011, Zambia is divided into ten provinces (provinces) , which in turn in 89 local authorities are divided: 69 of which have a status as a District Council , four as City Council and 16 as a Municipal Council .

The wards still exist below these two levels, but they are not assigned any administrative tasks and are only relevant for elections.

Provinces

Provinces in Zambia

The state is divided into ten provinces. The youngest province is the province of Muchinga , which was only created in 2011 .

	province	Capital
01	Central Province	Kabwe
02	Copperbelt	Ndola
03	Eastern Province	Chipata
04th	Luapula	Mansa
05	Lusaka	Lusaka
06th	Muchinga	Chinsali
07th	Northern Province	Kasama
08th	Northwest Province	Solwezi
09	Southern province	Livingstone
10	Western province	Mongu

Districts

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The provinces are divided into districts. These bear the name of the district capital. Both are distinguished by the addition boma for the capital and the addition district for the district, for example Mansa boma and Mansa district . Each boma usually has a hospital, secondary schools and secondary schools, the latter mostly with boarding schools for 1,000 students. The individual districts are listed under the provinces. The 72 wards are divided into 1422 wards . A councilor is elected by the population for each ward . Several wards / councilors are combined to form a council.

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