Muchinga Province, Zambia

Muchinga Province is one of the ten provinces of Zambia, located in the northeast of the country, where it borders Tanzania to the north and Malawi to the east, with Eastern, Central, Luapula and Northern Provinces on its other sides. Its administrative centre is Chinsali. The name comes from the Muchinga Escarpment, on which the province mostly sits, and the escarpment divides the drainage basins of the Zambezi and the Congo. The Luangwa River rises here, and the Chambeshi River drains toward Lake Bangweulu. Lavushi Manda, North Luangwa and South Luangwa National Parks lie in the province. President Michael Sata announced its creation in October 2011, and it was formed from Chama District of Eastern Province and four districts of Northern Province. At the 2010 census it had 711,657 people on 87,806 square kilometres. Chama District returned to Eastern Province in 2021.