A warm welcome to Kabwe Municipal Council website, a platform created to give you, our valued and esteemed public the opportunity to interact with us, as well as to ensure that information on services and opportunities available in Kabwe District is made available and easily accessible by you the general public.

Kabwe is the Provincial capital of Central Province situated along the Great North road 139Km from the North of Lusaka and about 55Km South of Kapiri Mposhi. It is located in vicinity of latitude 14 27’ South and longitude 28 27’ East. The district has an area of approximately 1 572 square kilometers which translates into 159,268 Hectares. Kabwe has been an important mining town for many decades, it was early connected to the country’s principal railway line that goes up to Dares salaam in Tanzania. The name Kabwe formally known as Broken Hill is short for “Kabwe Ka Mukuba” meaning the stone of ore or the place of smelting.

According to 2022 Census of Population and Housing Preliminary Report of December 2022, Kabwe Central Constituency had a total projected population of 179,275 people in 2022 whereas Bwacha Constituency had 199,391. However, in 2035 Kabwe Central Constituency is expected to have 281,305 inhabitants while Bwacha Constituency 175,020 people.

Kabwe’s economy presently is largely driven by government institution that account for more than 50% employment for the local population.  The institution includes the army and related military services, prison services, educational, health and other government institutions. The district experiences a steady growth in light industry encompassing a mixture of manufacturing/packaging pharmaceutical establishment and agriculture.  Kabwe’s strategic location in a family region within and beyond the district place it significantly in the regional food systems connecting to the national system.  The emergency of the growing service industry particularly in hospitality influenced by the district centrality makes Kabwe a preferred destination for hosting meetings and workshops by various organisations