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.

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. On 24 October 1964, Zambia became an independent country. The first president was Kenneth Kaunda, who ruled Zambia from 1964 to 1991. 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:

 Central
 Copperbelt
 Eastern
 Luapula
 Lusaka
 Muchinga
 Northern
 North-Western
 Southern
 Western

Cities
The important places in Zambia are:
 Cities in Zambia Rank  City  Population  Province  Image Census 1980  Census 1990  Census 2000  Est. 2007 1.  Lusaka  735,830  1,069,353  1,684,703  2,146,522  Lusaka  250px 2.  Ndola  297,490  367,228  397,757  467,529  Copperbelt  250px 3.  Kitwe  283,962  288,602  363,734  409,865  Copperbelt  250px 4.  Kabwe  127,422  154,318  176,758  193,100  Central  250px 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  250px 8.  Luanshya  113,422  118,143  115,579  112,029  Copperbelt  250px 9.  Kasama  36,269  47,653  74,243  98,613  Northern  10.  Chipata  33,627  52,213  73,110  91,416  Eastern  250px

Related pages
 List of rivers of Zambia
 Zambia at the Olympics
 Zambia national football team

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Category:Least developed countries
Category:1964 establishments in Africa
Category:Commonwealth member states
Category:English-speaking countries