Talk:List of populated places in Zambia

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Rexparry sydney 02:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cities & Towns

I'm Struggling to understand what criteria we are using to list the "cities" in the article. Like, how does "Kasama" qualify? GeographicAccountant (talk) 02:34, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What I meant to say was: From the way Zambia defines the word "city", we only have 5 cities in Zambia at the moment (since February 2017; as stated in the introduction of the Chipata article). Those 5 cities are Lusaka, Kitwe, Ndola, Livingstone and Chipata.

So, what criteria are we using to mention other towns like Luanshya, Mufulira & Kasama under the "Cities" section? Would it be okay if I removed them & only left the 5 cities that I have mentioned here? GeographicAccountant (talk) 11:32, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So, a city according to Zambia's definition of the word is "the headquarters of a district that is run by a city council". What this means is that if the council that is responsible for that district is not referred to as a city council, then that district's main centre has no right to be called a city.

Note that in Zambia, we have three levels of Local Government, namely "city council" (the highest), "municipal council" and "town council" (also known as a "district council"; the lowest), as stated at This Website. As stated in the previous paragraph, only a "city council" can consist of a city.

So, in Zambia, we only have FIVE city councils at the moment, namely the Lusaka City Council, Kitwe City Council, Ndola City Council, Livingstone City Council and Chipata City Council. This last one was only upgraded from a "municipal council" to a "city council" on 24 February 2017, as stated in the introduction to the Chipata article. Before that declaration, Zambia only had the 4 other mentioned city councils.

So, back to what I said at first, a city is only a place that is the responsibility of a city council, which means that we only have 5 cities in Zambia (Lusaka; Kitwe;Ndola; Livingstone; Chipata). The remaining settlements in Zambia are ALL not "cities" at the moment according to Zambia's definition.

Since I feel that this article should reflect what I have written here, I will start editing this article in a few days. In short, "Luanshya; Mufulira; Kasama; Kabwe; Chingola" should not be listed under "cities". Thanks.

GeographicAccountant (talk) 11:41, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]