Zambia
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.
Republic of Zambia | |
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| Capital and largest city | Lusaka 15°25′S 28°17′E / 15.417°S 28.283°E |
| Official languages | English |
| Ethnic groups (2010[1]) | List
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| Demonym(s) | Zambian |
| Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
| Hakainde Hichilema | |
| Mutale Nalumango | |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| Independence from the United Kingdom | |
| History | |
| 27 June 1890 | |
| 28 November 1899 | |
| 29 January 1900 | |
| 17 August 1911 | |
| 1 August 1953 | |
| 24 October 1964 | |
| 5 January 2016 | |
• | 1964 |
| Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).[3] (38th) |
• Water (%) | 1 |
| Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 16,591,390[4] (65th) |
• 2010 census | 13,092,666[5] |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (191st) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $75.857 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $4,148[6] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $23.946 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $1,307[6] |
| Gini (2015) | 57.1[7] high |
| HDI (2019) |  0.584[8]medium · 146th |
| Currency | Zambian kwacha (ZMW) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +260 |
| ISO 3166 code | ZM |
| Internet TLD | .zm |
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.
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.
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.
Provinces
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 | |||||||
| Rank | City | Population | Province | Image | |||
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| 1. | Lusaka | 735,830 | 1,069,353 | 1,684,703 | 2,146,522 | Lusaka | 
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| 2. | Ndola | 297,490 | 367,228 | 397,757 | 467,529 | Copperbelt | 
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| 3. | Kitwe | 283,962 | 288,602 | 363,734 | 409,865 | Copperbelt | 
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| 4. | Kabwe | 127,422 | 154,318 | 176,758 | 193,100 | Central | 
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| 5. | Chingola | 130,872 | 142,383 | 147,448 | 148,469 | Copperbelt | |
| 6. | Mufulira | 138,824 | 123,936 | 122,336 | 119,291 | Copperbelt | |
| 7. | Livingstone | 61,296 | 76,875 | 97,488 | 113,849 | Southern | 
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| 8. | Luanshya | 113,422 | 118,143 | 115,579 | 112,029 | Copperbelt | 
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| 9. | Kasama | 36,269 | 47,653 | 74,243 | 98,613 | Northern | |
| 10. | Chipata | 33,627 | 52,213 | 73,110 | 91,416 | Eastern | 
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Zambia Media
Zambia National Anthem
Ancient (but graffitied) Rock Art in Nsalu Cave, Kasanka National Park in North-Central Zambia.
Batonga fisherwomen in Southern Zambia. Women have played and continue to play pivotal roles in many African societies.
Ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Kalanga/Shona rulers of this kingdom dominated trade at Ingombe Ilede.
Drawing of the ruler of Lunda, Mwata Kazembe, receiving Portuguese in the royal courtyard in the 1800s
A drawing of Lunda houses by a Portuguese visitor. The size of the doorways relative to the building emphasizes the scale of the buildings.
The kalonga (ruler) of the AChewa today descends from the kalonga of the Maravi Empire.
An 1864 photograph of the Scottish explorer and missionary David Livingstone.
Related pages
References
- ↑ Census of Population and Housing National Analytical Report 2010 Archived 2017-11-14 at the Wayback Machine Central Statistical Office, Zambia
- ↑ "Africa :: Zambia — the World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". Archived from the original on 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ↑ United Nations Statistics Division. "Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ↑ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ↑ Central Statistical Office, Government of Zambia. "2010 Census Population Summaries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Zambia". International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
Notes
- ↑ Official faith according to constitution