Chipata District is a district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province. The capital lies in Chipata. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 327,059 people.2022 Census of Population and Housing - Preliminary Report (PDF)
Chipata city centre is located about 570 km from Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, on the Great East Road, while it is only 130 km from Lilongwe, the capital 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 been a trade centre since 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. Chipata was declared a city on 24 February 2017 (no longer a town). Constituencies Chipata District has two constituencies, namely Chipata Central and Luangeni.Chipata Spends About K34 Million on Constituency Development Funds (CDF) Projects in 2023 - Eastern Provincial AdministrationA Joint Chipata District CDF Monitoring Exercise in Luangeni Excite Residents - Chipata City CouncilGovernment Gazette Notice
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