Zambia

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Zambia
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The Republic of Zambia is a country in southern Africa. It shares its borders with the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west. It used to be called Northern Rhodesia and it is currently named after the Zambezi River. Zambia is home to one of the seven natural wonders of the world, Victoria falls. Zambia has at least 72 spoken languages.

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The capital of Zambia is Lusaka, which is also the largest city in the country. Hakainde Hichilema is the current president. Its motto is One Zambia, One Nation and its national anthem is Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free. Its official language is English.

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History

Zambia originated from Northern Rhodesia. In 1964 Zambia became an independent country. The first president was Kenneth Kaunda, who ruled Zambia for 27 years. Zambia was a one party state. His United National Independence Party was the only legal party and all other parties were banned.

After protests, democratic elections were held in 1991. Kenneth Kaunda lost the elections and gave away his power in an orderly manner to his successor Frederick Chiluba, a former union leader.

Zambia is now a multi-party democracy. It has had four democratic elections since 1991. The latest presidential election was in 2021, which was won by Hakainde Hichilema against Edgar Lungu.

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Economy

In 1969, Zambia was making a lot of money because of the copper deposits that were mined in Copperbelt province. When copper became cheaper in the 1970s, the economy got worse because people in Zambia were not making as much money from selling copper. Today, Zambia is a poor country. It does not have many industries. Copper is still its main export. Commercial farming in Zambia is starting to make more money.

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Provinces

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The provinces of Zambia

Zambia is divided into ten provinces. Each province is divided into several districts. There are 117 districts all together. The provinces are:

Cities

The important places in Zambia are:

Cities in Zambia
RankCityPopulation[source?]ProvinceImage
Census 1980Census 1990Census 2000Est. 2007
1.Lusaka735,8301,069,3531,684,7032,146,522LusakaThumb
2.Ndola297,490367,228397,757467,529CopperbeltThumb
3.Kitwe283,962288,602363,734409,865CopperbeltThumb
4.Kabwe127,422154,318176,758193,100CentralThumb
5.Chingola130,872142,383147,448148,469Copperbelt
6.Mufulira138,824123,936122,336119,291Copperbelt
7.Livingstone61,29676,87597,488113,849SouthernThumb
8.Luanshya113,422118,143115,579112,029CopperbeltThumb
9.Kasama36,26947,65374,24398,613Northern
10.Chipata33,62752,21373,11091,416EasternThumb

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