Solwezi District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ...

, located in North-Western Province. The capital lies at

Solwezi Solwezi is a town in Zambia. It is the provincial capital of the mineral-rich North-Western Province. Solwezi is also the administrative capital of Solwezi District, one of the eleven districts in the North-Western Province. Geography Locati ...

. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 332,623 people.

History

Before 2016, the district had three electoral constituencies; namely Solwezi West, Solwezi Central and Solwezi East. But from the 2016 general election going forward, the Solwezi West constituency now constitutes Kalumbila District while the Solwezi East constituency now constitutes Mushindamo District, leaving Solwezi District with only one constituency ( Solwezi Central).Public notice
Electoral Commission of Zambia

References

Districts of North-Western Province, Zambia {{Zambia-geo-stub