Chitambo District

Chitambo District is a district of Central Province, Zambia.[1][2] It is one of the recently created districts in Central Province and is located some 357km north-east of Kabwe along the Great North Road. It shares borders with Serenje, Samfya (Luapula Province), Lavushimanda (Muchinga Province) and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[3]

Chitambo District
District
Country Zambia
ProvinceCentral Province
Area
 • Total5,252 km2 (2,028 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total127,604
 • Density24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)

It was separated from Serenje District in 2012.[4]

Agriculture and Agro-processing

Chitambo District has a very good rainfall distribution throughout the rain season favoring any agriculture production. In addition, the district soil profile supports crop agriculture especially leguminous crops such as beans, soya beans and pigeon pea. Other crops that have high potential and can be grown in the district include; finger millet, sweet potatoes, groundnuts, sunflower, pumpkins, water melons, pineapples, and vegetable crops that are grown off-season. The District boasts of having over 15,000 small-scale farmers. Therefore, with high number of small scale farmers and wide variety of crops produced in the District, opportunities exist for investment in Agro Processing and packaging of the crops produced. The many small scale farmers could easily form out-grower schemes to support sustained supply of the required input for processing to eastern markets via Tanzania, western markets via Congo DRC and locally.[3]

References
  1. "Districts of Zambia". Statoids. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. "Zambia: Administrative Division". citypopulation. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. "Central Provincial Administration » Chitambo". Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  4. "Chitambo district yearns for growth – Zambia Daily Mail". www.daily-mail.co.zm. Retrieved 2020-10-09.


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