Chipata District

Chipata District is a district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province. The capital lies at Chipata. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 327,059 people.^[1]

Chipata District
District
District location in Zambia
Country	Zambia
Province	Eastern Province
Capital	Chipata
Area
• Total	1,691.1 km2 (652.9 sq mi)
Elevation	1,181 m (3,875 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	327,059
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)

Chipata City Centre is located about 570 km from Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, on the Great East Road while it is only 130 km from Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi. Thus, Chipata accesses its imports mainly from Nacala and Dar es Salaam ports in Mozambique and Tanzania respectively, all routes passing through Malawi to Mwami Border. The District has a firm foundation of being a trade centre dating back to the colonial era of the current Zambia, when it was called Fort Jameson and was the capital of North-Eastern Rhodesia up to 1911. This cornerstone has left the town as the hub of Eastern Province, by maintaining its position as a Provincial Headquarters.^[2] Chipata was declared a city on 24 February 2017 (no-longer a town).^[2][3]

Traffic sign on Great East Road in Chipata

Constituencies

Chipata District has two constituencies, namely Chipata Central and Luangeni.^{[4][5][6][non-primary source needed]}