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Lupososhi District is located 58Kms west of Luwingu District. The District shares boundaries with seven (07) Districts namely Chipili, Mansa, Kawambwa, Chifunabuli, Samfya of Luapula Province and Luwingu and Chilubi of Northern Province. The District is one of the newly created Districts and is about 223Km from Kasama, the Provincial Capital of the Northern Province. The district has an estimated population of about 77 891 according to the Zamstats projections of 2019.

The district has one Constituency and consists of Thirteen (13) wards which are spread across three chiefdoms namely Chungu, Chabula and Katuta. The Thirteen wards are Kampemba, Mufili, Mulalashi, Ilambo, Kafinsa, Ibale, Bwalinde, Lubwa, Itandashi, Kaela, Kalinga Munshinga and Katilye.
The District being a rural District has a large portion of the population engaged in small scale farming, Fishing and Small Scale Mining. The District has two farming blocks namely Katuta and Chungu Farming blocks with seven (07) camps namely Chungu, Mapulanga, Mufili, Mutondo, Chibaye, Katuta and Nsombo.