Mpika
Mpika is a city in Zambia with a population of about 63,740.
ZambiaTown🏆 #25 most populated in Zambia🕐 Africa/Lusaka
Mpika is a town in the Muchinga Province of Zambia, lying at the junction of the M1 road to Kasama and Mbala and the Tanzam Highway to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in the north-east and Lusaka in the south-west. It also has a railway station on the TAZARA Railway about 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of the town centre. Mpika is situated between the Muchinga Escarpment to the east and vast miombo plains to the west. The town has an estimated population of 40,000 inhabitants (2008), while the district population is 149,063 inhabitants as of the 2022 Zambian census.
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About Mpika
| Country | Zambia |
| Continent | Africa |
| Explore | 10 |
| Population | 63,740 |
| Local currency | ZMW |
| Coordinates | -11.8343, 31.4529 |
| Time zone | Africa/Lusaka |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Town |
| Distance to the capital | 524 km · Lusaka |
| Population (Zambia) | #25 most populated in Zambia |
| Where on Earth | 11°50′4″S · 31°27′10″E |
| Hemisphere | S · E |
| Distance to the equator | 1,317 km |
| Distance to the South Pole | 8,701 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 100% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | 11.83, -148.55 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Cairo | 4,657 km |
| Dubai | 4,861 km |
| Paris | 7,328 km |
| Moscow | 7,538 km |
| London | 7,672 km |
| Singapore | 8,123 km |