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Key facts
- Country
- Zambia
- Capital
- Mansa
- Type
- Provincial Administration
- Provincial minister
- Nason Musonda
- Total
- 50,567 km (19,524 sq mi)
- Density
- 30.049/km (77.826/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2
- Hdi 2018
- 0.520 , low · 8th
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Luapula Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces located in the northern part of the country. Luapula Province is named after the Luapula River and its capital is Mansa. As per the 2022 Zambian census, the Province had a population of 1,519,478, which accounted for 7.72 per cent of the total Zambian population.
The province has an international border along Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and domestically extends along the northern and eastern banks of the Luapula river from Lake Bangweulu to Lake Mweru. The province is inhabited by Lunda, who are also the major tribe in the country. Bemba is one of the widely spoken languages in the province. The major economic activities are agriculture and fishing, with cassava being the major crop. Mutomboko ceremony is the most important festival celebrated. Lumangwe Falls, Mumbuluma Falls, Mumbotuta Waterfalls, Kundabwika Waterfalls and Chilongo Waterfalls are the major water falls.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luapula Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.