Zambia

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Capital	Lusaka
Government	republic
Currency	Zambian kwacha (ZMK)
Area	total: 752,614 sq km water: 11,890 sq km land: 740,724 sq km
Population	9,959,037
Language	English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
Religion	Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%

Zambia is in Central Africa.

Table of contents

5.1 By plane
5.2 By train
5.3 By car
5.4 By bus
5.5 By boat

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Regions

Map of Zambia

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Cities

Lusaka Livingstone

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Other destinations

Victoria Falls

Blue Lagoon National Park
Isangano National Park
Kafue National Park
Kasanga National Park
Lavushi Manda National Park
Liuwa plains National Park
Lochinvar National Park
Lower Zambesi National Park
Luambe National Park
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
Nsumbu National Park
Nyika National Park

South Luanga National Park

Sioma Ngwezi National Park
West Lunga National Park

Understand

The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964. In the 1980s and 1990s, declining copper prices and a prolonged drought hurt the economy. Elections in 1991 brought an end to one-party rule, but the subsequent vote in 1996 saw blatant harassment of opposition parties. The election in 2001 was marked by administrative problems with at least two parties filing legal petitions challenging the results. Opposition parties currently hold a majority of seats in the National Assembly.

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