Mpika is a town in the
Muchinga Province of
Zambia, lying at the junction of the
Great North Road to
Kasama and
Mbala and the Tanzam Highway to
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania. It also has a
railway station on the
TAZARA Railway about 5 km away. 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 estimated 150,000 inhabitants. Since Mpika District is the biggest district in Zambia the population density is less than 4 people per square kilometre.