[1][2] It was separated from Serenje District in 2012[3] and is located some 357km north-east of Kabwe along the Great North Road.

Chitambo District has a very good rainfall distribution throughout the rainy season, favoring agriculture production.

Other crops that have high potential and are grown in the district include; finger millet, sweet potatoes, groundnuts, sunflower, pumpkins, watermelons, pineapples, and other vegetable crops grown off-season.

With the high number of small scale farmers and a wide variety of crops produced in the District, opportunities exist for investment in agro-processing and packaging of the crops produced.

The many small scale farmers could easily form out-grower schemes to support a sustained supply of the required input for processing to eastern markets via Tanzania, western markets via DR Congo and locally.