Editing Chipata (section)

==Population==
With a population of about 327,059 in 2022,<ref name=":02">[https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/wcmsp5/groups/public/@africa/@ro-abidjan/@ilo-lusaka/documents/genericdocument/wcms_888660.pdf 2022 Census of Population and Housing - Preliminary Report] (PDF)</ref> [[Chipata District]] is believed to be the 8th largest district of the country. The city of Chipata had 193,288 inhabitants in 2022.<ref>[http://citypopulation.de/Zambia-Cities.html Largest cities of Zambia] retrieved 20 June 2019</ref>{{Failed verification|date=March 2025}} The predominant ethnic groups in the city are the [[Chewa people|Chewa]], [[Tumbuka people|Tumbuka]], [[Ngoni people|Ngoni]] and [[Nsenga people|Nsenga]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Study in Chipata (Oriental province, Zambia)|url=https://www.hauniversity.org/en/Zambia-Chipata.shtml|website=Africa EENI Global Business School & University|language=en|access-date=2020-05-26|archive-date=2021-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127153956/https://www.hauniversity.org/en/Zambia-Chipata.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>