| COUNTRY FACTS: ZAMBIA | |
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| Name(official): | Republic of Zambia |
| Name(short): | Zambia |
| Capital City: | Lusaka |
| Location: | Southern Africa, east of Angola. |
| Coordinate: | 15 00 S, 30 00 E |
| Independence: | (From Britain) October 24th; 1964. |
| President: |
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| Type of Government: | Republic |
| Total Area: | 752 614sq.km. |
| Population: | 11 502 010 (July 2006) |
| People: | African 98.7%, European 1.1%, other 0.2 |
| Religion: | Christian 50-75%, muslim and Hindu 24-49%, indigenous beliefs 1% |
| Languages: | English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages. |
| Literacy: | 80.6%total, 86.8%male, 74.8%female (2003) |
| Currency: | Zambian kwacha (ZMK) |
| GDP(per capita): | $900 (2005) |
| Arable Land: | 6.99% (2005) |
| Agriculture: | corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables, flowers, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), coffee; cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides. |
| Natural resources: | Copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower |
| Embassy in Japan: | Embassy of the Republic of Zambia, Chancery: 1-10-2, Ebara, Shinagawa-ku. Post Code: 142-0063, Tel. 03-3491-0121/2 |
| General Info: | Zambia National Information Gateway |
| International Phone Code: | +260 |
ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
- Bank of Zambia
- Export Board of Zambia
- Zambia's Business Web Directory
- Zambia Mining
- Tourism: Some of the best tourist destinations are ....
- Victoria Falls -The greatest known curtain of falling water, 546 million cubic meters of water per minute.
- Lake Tangayika -The longest fresh water lake on earth. At a dept of 1 433 meters(4 700feet), it is also the 2nd deepest after Russia's lake Baikal.
- Lake Bangweulu -Referred to locally as "the place where the water meets the sky"
- Zambezi River
- Lake Kariba
- South Luangwa National Park -One of the world's top ten reserves.
- North Luangwa -Caution is reqiured here, very wild park and access with a guide is recommended
- Kafue -One of Africa's biggest reserves
- Lower Zambezi -best viewed by canoe
- Chimfunshi Chimpanzee sanctuary and orphanage
- Kapisha -Natural hotspring
- The Mumbwa Caves
- Zambia National Tourist Board.
- Visit Zambia (News and Tourism Info)
MAJOR CITIES
Chipata, Kabwe, Lusaka, Mongu, Ndola, Kitwe, Kasama, Mpulungu, Solwezi, Mufulira, Livingstone.
NEWS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
- United Nations
- African Union
- COMESA
- SADC
- NEPAD
GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western.