Chongwe District

Chongwe District
District
District location in Zambia
Country	Zambia
Province	Lusaka Province
Capital	Chongwe
Population  (2022)
• Total	313,389
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)

Chongwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Lusaka Province. The capital lies at Chongwe. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 313,389 people.^[1]

Before 1997, Chongwe District, together with Kafue District and Rufunsa District, was known as "Lusaka Rural".^{[citation needed]}

Chongwe is home to Chalimbana University (formerly National In-service Teachers College - NISTCOL) and Palabana University (formerly Palabana College).