User talk:Lightonphiri

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Stemoc 08:27, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

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Jianhui67 ^{talk★contribs} 12:18, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Zambia district maps

Hi Lighton,

I found the maps you uploaded on the Districts of Zambia page really useful because I haven't been able to find the boundaries for the districts anywhere. Where did you find these originally?

Thanks, Abbie

@Abbie2020: I generate the maps myself, using R. I use, as input, regularly updated boundaries, in the form of Shapefiles, from the Central Statistical Office of Zambia. The input Shapefiles and maps in other formats are avaialble on Github.

I hope this helps

Lightonphiri (talk) 13:43, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

@Lightonphiri: Thank you so much - this is really useful.

Abbie2020 (talk) 15:28, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

@Lightonphiri: Appreciate the additional info. Do you have a link to where the original files can be found on zamstats.gov.zm? Or licensing information for the shapefiles on GitHub? I'm curious about using this in other projects. Thanks. Ajashton (talk) 19:14, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Hello Lighton:

Kudos for your attractive map File:Districts_of_Southern_Province_Zambia.svg. However, the northwest corner with Namwala district seems to have moved eastward and now covers Itezhi-Tezhi district. Is this correct?

Thanks, Norman

User:Lightonphiri, Great Work on those pictures you drew up for the "Districts of Zambia" article on Wikipedia! I've also noticed how you edited the placements for "Shibuyunji District", "Chirundu District" & "Itezhi-Tezhi District" recently.

In the same manner, there are a few of those photos that need editing, since I trust you have the information as it comes.

Firstly, we need "Chama District" removed from "Muchinga Province" and added to "Eastern Province".

In the "Luapula Province", we need "Samfya District" split, since there is now "Chifunabuli District". In the "Northern Province", we need "Mporokoso District" split, since there is now "Lunte District". We also need "Mbala District" split, since there is now "Senga Hill District". We also need "Luwingu District" split, since there is now "Lupososhi District". In "Muchinga Province", we need "Mpika District" split, as there is now "Kanchibiya District" and "Lavushimanda District". In "Eastern Province", we need "Lundazi District" split, as there is now "Chasefu District" & "Lumezi District". We also need "Chipata District" split, as we now have "Chipangali District" and "Kasenengwa District". We also need "Petauke District" split, as we now have "Lusangazi District". In "North-Western Province", we need "Solwezi District" split, as we now have "Kalumbila District" and "Mushindamo District".

Thanks. GeographicAccountant (talk) 22:20, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

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Guerillero 20:25, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

File:1991 Zambia Presidential Election Results by Constituency.svg

Hello. Could you reverse the red and blue colours on the map, as they are contrary to the party colours (red for UNIP and blue for the MMD). Cheers, Number 57 (talk) 20:13, 19 June 2021 (UTC)