Kaputa District is a district of Zambia , located in Northern Province . The capital lies at Kaputa . As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 102,854 people.
4-525: In March 2020, the district experienced severe flooding at Mofwe crossing point on the Mporokoso to Mununga road. In May 2017, Kaputa Boarding Secondary School built for an estimated ZMW 44 million (US$ 4.6 million) was opened to cater for 392 pupils. In April 2022, the Kaputa Water and Sanitation Project built for ZMW 161 million (US$ 9.5 million) by Tomorrow Investments Limited was commissioned by
8-669: A senior chief of the Bemba people whose palace is located at Chishamwamba close to the town. Mporokoso District is also one of the 12 administrative districts of the Northern Province. A large population of refugees from the Second Congo War living at the UNHCR -administered refugee camp at Mwange, 32 km west of the town, are being repatriated after the end of that war. A number of waterfalls lie within 50 km of
12-477: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mporokoso Mporokoso (also spelled and pronounced 'Mpolokoso' and 'Mumpolokoso') is a town in the Northern Province of Zambia , lying at an elevation of nearly 1500 m on the flat plateau about 75 km south east of Lake Mweru Wantipa and 100 km south-west of Lake Tanganyika . It is named for Chief Mporokoso (also spelled 'Mumpolokoso')
16-617: The Country's Vice President Mutale Nalumango for improved access to clean and safe water supply for the residents in the district. In 2020, farmers in Kaputa cultivated 2,362 hectares of rice with a yield of 2,347 metric tonnes. The Ministry of Agriculture in Kaputa has estimated that over 2,800 hectares of rice has been cultivated for the 2020 farming season. 8°45′S 29°50′E / 8.750°S 29.833°E / -8.750; 29.833 This Zambia location article
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