# Lunga District

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**Lunga District** is a district in the [Luapula Province](/source/Luapula_Province) of [Zambia](/source/Zambia). It was declared a district in 2012 by [Michael Sata](/source/Michael_Sata)[1] (by splitting [Samfya District](/source/Samfya_District)[2]). The district comprises archipelago of islands in the [Bangweulu Wetlands](/source/Bangweulu_Wetlands) in the south-east of [Lake Bangweulu](/source/Lake_Bangweulu). As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 39,383 people.[3]

## References

1. ["Lunga district development crusade on course – Zambia Daily Mail"](http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/lunga-district-development-crusade-on-course/). 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2023-06-18.

1. ["Zambia: Dilemma of New Lunga District"](https://allafrica.com/stories/201202090753.html). *AllAfrica*. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2023.

1. [2022 Census of Population and Housing - Preliminary Report](https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/wcmsp5/groups/public/@africa/@ro-abidjan/@ilo-lusaka/documents/genericdocument/wcms_888660.pdf) (PDF)

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