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Chilubi Chilubi is a settlement on an island in Lake Bangweulu and its swamps, and is headquarters of Chilubi District in the Northern Province, Zambia, Northern Province of Zambia. Chilubi Island Chilubi Island lies just north of the centre of the easte ...
is located in
Northern Province, Zambia Northern Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces. It covers approximately one-sixth of Zambia in land area. The provincial capital is Kasama. The province is made up of 12 districts, namely Kasama District (the provincial capital), Chilu ...
. It covers the north-east
Lake Bangweulu Lake Bangweulu ('where the water sky meets the sky') is a Fresh water, freshwater lake in northern Zambia. Bangweulu is one of the world's great Wetland, wetland systems, comprising Lake Bangweulu, the Bangweulu Wetlands and the Bangweulu flats or ...
and
Bangweulu Wetlands The Bangweulu Wetlands is a wetland ecosystem adjacent to Lake Bangweulu in north-eastern Zambia. The area has been designated as one of the world's most important wetlands by the Ramsar Convention and an "Important Bird Area" by BirdLife Internat ...
containing several islands including Chilubi Island, and some of the mainland northeast of the lake. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 114,011 people.2022 Census of Population and Housing - Preliminary Report
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Other islands in Chilubi District include Chichile, Kasansa,
Panyo Island Ghizela (; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Ghizela (commune seat), Hisiaș, Paniova and Șanovița. History Ghizela was founded by German colonists in 1880. The journey they took to settle here was a ...
and Luangwa, all at the edges of the swamps where they dry out sufficiently in the dry season to form a connection to the mainland.''Map of Bangweulu Swamps''
NRZAM.org, Directorate of Colonial Surveys, (1952). Accessed 24 April 2007.
Isangano National Park lies in the east of the district but it has no management and most of the wildlife has been poached out.Camerapix: "Spectrum Guide to Zambia." Camerapix International Publishing, Nairobi, 1996.


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{{Coord, 11.0217, S, 30.2314, E, source:wikidata, display=title Districts of Northern Province, Zambia