Lusaka
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Lusaka is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Zambie. It is locatit in the soothren pairt o the central plateau, at an elevation o 1279 m. It haes a population o 3,100,000 (2007 estimate). It is a commercial centre as well as the centre o govrenment, an the fower main hieways o Zambie heids north, sooth, east an wast frae it. The twa main leids spoken in Lusaka are Inglis an Nyanja.
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Lusaka Mwalusaka | |
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Ceety | |
Lusaka at nicht | |
Coordinates: 15°25′S 28°17′E | |
Province | Lusaka Province |
Destrict | Lusaka Destrict |
Kintra | Zambie |
Established | 1905 |
Ceety status | 25 August 1960 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor o Lusaka | Mulenga Sata |
Area | |
• Ceety | 418 km2 (161 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1279[2] m (4190 ft) |
Population (Oct 2009) | |
• Ceety | 1,742,979 |
• Metro | 2,467,467 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Area code(s) | 0211[3] |
Climate | Cwa |
Website | http://www.lcc.gov.zm |
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