Kafue

Kafue district is located in the Lusaka Province, Zambia. The administrative capital for the district is Kafue, located on the north bank of the Kafue River, after which it is named. The town is the southern gateway to the central Zambian plateau on which Lusaka and the mining town of Kabwe and the copperbelt are located. Agriculture and fishing are the traditional occupations of the area, and a commercial farming area extends along the edge of the Kafue Flats for 35 km north-west of the town. Commercial fishing operations of any size are limited to fish farming.