Zambia Administrative Divisions / Zambia

Overview

Item	Details
Province	10
District	116
Constituency	156
Ward	1,853
Coordinates	✅ Included (all levels)
Formats	JSON, NDJSON, CSV
License	CC-BY-4.0
Last Updated	2026-06-01
Website	openadmindata.org/zm
API	openadmindata.org/api/zm

Browse by Province

#	Province	Districts	Constituencys	Wards	Link
1	Central	11	15	180	Browse
2	Copperbelt	10	22	253	Browse
3	Eastern	15	20	206	Browse
4	Luapula	12	15	169	Browse
5	Lusaka	7	13	130	Browse
6	Muchinga	8	8	104	Browse
7	Northern	12	13	180	Browse
8	North-Western	11	12	162	Browse
9	Southern	14	19	242	Browse
10	Western	16	19	227	Browse

Data Files

File	Format	Description
all-province.json	JSON	All 10 province records
all-district.json	JSON	All 116 district records
all-constituency.json	JSON	All 156 constituency records
all-ward.json	JSON	All 1,853 ward records
all-flat.json	JSON	Levels 1-3 flat array
all-flat.ndjson	NDJSON	Streaming format
all-flat.csv	CSV	Spreadsheet format
hierarchy.json	JSON	Nested tree
schema.json	JSON Schema	Data schema

Quick Start

Python

import json

with open("data/all-province.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    data = json.load(f)

for r in data:
    print(f"{r['name']['local']} ({r['name']['en']}) — {r['children_count']['district']} districts")

JavaScript

import { readFileSync } from "fs";

const data = JSON.parse(readFileSync("data/all-province.json", "utf-8"));
console.log(`Total: ${data.length} provinces`);

Schema

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier
level	integer	1=province, 2=district, 3=constituency, 4=ward
level_name	object	Level label (local + English)
name.local	string	Name in local script
name.en	string	English name
name.slug	string	URL-safe slug
parent	object/null	Parent division reference
ancestors	array	Full ancestor chain
children_count	object	Count of children per level
zip_codes	array	Postal codes (where available)
geo.lat	string	Latitude (WGS84)
geo.lon	string	Longitude (WGS84)

Full schema: data/schema.json

Hierarchy Browse

divisions/{province-slug}/
divisions/{province-slug}/{district-slug}/
divisions/{province-slug}/{district-slug}/{constituency-slug}/

Wards are listed inline in each constituency's README.

AI Integration

• llms.txt — Quick reference for AI agents
• llms-full.txt — Summary with per-province links
• Per-province data — Full data by province

Citation

Zambia Administrative Divisions Dataset (CC-BY-4.0)
URL: https://github.com/open-admin-data/zambia-administrative-divisions

See CITATION.cff for machine-readable citation.

License

• Data: CC-BY-4.0

Related

• Open Admin Data — Browse, search and explore administrative divisions for every country
• open-admin-data — GitHub organization with all country repos
• ListBase — Structured reference data for every country