Zambia

Zambia

sovereign state, republic, landlocked country, country

Part of	Central Africa, Southern Africa, East Africa
Year dem found am	24 October 1964
Official name	Zambia, République de Zambie
Native label	Republic of Zambia
Dem name after	Zambezi River
Official language	English
Anthem	Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free
Culture	culture of Zambia
Motto text	One Zambia, One Nation, Една Замбия, една нация, Una Zàmbia, una nació, Un Sambia, Un Genedl
Continent	Africa
Country	Zambia
Capital	Lusaka
Located in time zone	UTC+02:00, Africa/Lusaka
Located in/on physical feature	Southern Africa
Coordinate location	14°0′0″S 28°0′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	10°34′4″S 33°42′34″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	8°16′30″S 30°25′44″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	18°4′33″S 26°41′37″E
Highest point	Mafinga Central
Lowest point	Zambezi River
Government ein basic form	presidential system, representative democracy
Office held by head of state	President of Zambia
State ein head	Hakainde Hichilema
Office head of government hold	President of Zambia
Government ein head	Edgar Lungu
Executive body	Cabinet of Zambia
Legislative body	National Assembly
Central bank	Bank of Zambia
Currency	Zambian Kwacha
Driving side	left
Electrical plug type	Europlug, AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types, BS 1363
Dey replace	Northern Rhodesia
Dema official website
Described at URL	https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/za.html, https://www.britannica.com/place/Zambia
Hashtag	Zambia
Top-level Internet domain	.zm
Flag	flag of Zambia
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Zambia
Geography of topic	geography of Zambia
Get characteristic	partly free country
History of topic	history of Zambia
Economy of topic	economy of Zambia
Demographics of topic	demographics of Zambia
Mobile country code	645
Country calling code	+260
Licence plate code	Z
Maritime identification digits	678
Unicode character	🇿🇲
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Zambia

Zambia, officially de Republic of Zambia, be a landlocked country for de crossroads of Central, Southern den East Africa. Dem typically dey refer to am e dey insyd South-Central Africa anaa Southern Africa. E be bordered to de north by de Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania to de north-east, Malawi to de east, Mozambique to de southeast, Zimbabwe den Botswana to de south, Namibia to de southwest, den Angola to de west. De capital city of Zambia be Lusaka, wey dey locate insyd de south-central part of Zambia. De population be concentrated mainly around Lusaka insyd de south den de Copperbelt Province to de north, de core economic hubs of de country.

Etymology

Na dem know de territory of Zambia as Northern Rhodesia from 1911 to 1964. Na dem rename am Zambia insyd October 1964 for ein independence from British rule. De name Zambia dey derive from de Zambezi River (Zambezi fi mean "de grand river").

Politics

Administrative divisions

Dem divide Zambia administratively into ten provinces dem subdivide into 117 districts, den electorally into 156 constituencies den 1,281 wards.

Provinces

1. Central Province
2. Copperbelt
3. Eastern Province
4. Luapula
5. Lusaka
6. Muchinga
7. North-Western Province
8. Northern Province
9. Southern Province
10. Western Province

Demographics

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Zambia According to the 2010 Census[1]
Rank	Name	Province	Pop.	Rank	Name	Province	Pop.
1	Lusaka	Lusaka	1,747,152	11	Solwezi	North-Western	90,856
2	Kitwe	Copperbelt	501,360	12	Mansa	Luapula	78,153
3	Ndola	Copperbelt	451,246	13	Chililabombwe	Copperbelt	77,818
4	Kabwe	Central	202,360	14	Mazabuka	Southern	71,700
5	Chingola	Copperbelt	185,246	15	Kafue	Lusaka	71,573
6	Mufulira	Copperbelt	151,309	16	Kalulushi	Copperbelt	51,863
7	Livingstone	Southern	134,349	17	Choma	Southern	51,842
8	Luanshya	Copperbelt	130,076	18	Mongu	Western	49,818
9	Chipata	Eastern	116,627	19	Kapiri Mposhi	Central	44,783
10	Kasama	Northern	101,845	20	Nakonde	Muchinga	41,836

Read further

• DeRoche, Andy, Kenneth Kaunda, the United States and Southern Africa (London: Bloomsbury, 2016)
• Ferguson, James (1999). Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life in the Zambian Copperbelt. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-21701-0.
• Gewald, J. B., et al. One Zambia, Many Histories: Towards a History of Post-colonial Zambia (Brill, 2008)
• Ihonvbere, Julius, Economic Crisis, Civil Society and Democratisation: The Case of Zambia (Africa Research & Publications, 1996)
• LaMonica, Christopher, Local Government Matters: The Case of Zambia (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010)
• Mcintyre, Charles, Zambia, (Bradt Travel Guides, 2008)
• Murphy, Alan and Luckham, Nana, Zambia and Malawi, Lonely Planet Multi Country Guide (Lonely Planet Publications, 2010)
• Phiri, Bizeck Jube, A Political History of Zambia: From the Colonial Period to the 3rd Republic (Africa Research & Publications, 2005)
• Roberts, Andrew, A History of Zambia (Heinemann, 1976)
• Sardanis, Andrew, Africa: Another Side of the Coin: Northern Rhodesia's Final Years and Zambia's Nationhood (I. B. Tauris, 2003)

External links

• Official government website Archived 19 June 2005 at the Wayback Machine
• Zambia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• Zambia Corruption Profile from the Business Anti-Corruption Portal (archived 20 April 2014)
• Zambia profile from BBC News
• Key Development Forecasts for Zambia from International Futures
• World Bank Summary Trade Statistics Zambia
• First early human fossil found in Africa makes debut