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| Republic of Zambia | |||||
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| Motto: "One Zambia, One Nation" | |||||
| Anthem: Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free | |||||
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| Capital | Lusaka | ||||
| Largest city | Lusaka | ||||
| Official languages | English | ||||
| Government | Republic | ||||
| - President | Levy Mwanawasa | ||||
| Independence | from the United Kingdom | ||||
| - Date | October 24, 1964 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 752,614 km² (39th) 290,586 sq mi | ||||
| - Water (%) | 1 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - July 2005 estimate | 11,668,0001 (71st) | ||||
| - 2000 census | 9,582,418 | ||||
| - Density | 16 /km² (191st) 40 /sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | ||||
| - Total | $10.792 billion (133rd) | ||||
| - Per capita | $931 (168th) | ||||
| HDI (2004) |  0.407 (low) (165th) | ||||
| Currency | Zambian kwacha (ZMK) | ||||
| Time zone | CAT (UTC+2) | ||||
| - Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+2) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .zm | ||||
| Calling code | +260 | ||||
| 1 Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected. | |||||
Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in southern Africa. It borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania on the north-east, Malawi on the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola on the west. Formerly Northern Rhodesia, the country is named after the Zambezi river.
Music produced and recorded by C.R.I.$.I.$.http://www.myspace.comZambia's biggest Hip-Hop artist show's how to put it down.Gothic and sounds like the new Resident Evil Soundtrack.
Did you know that the first artist to release a Hip-Hop album in the African country Zambia was a fella called Chisenga Katongo a.k.a. C.R.I.$.I.$. His 2005 album "Officer in Charge" is the highest selling Hip-Hop album to date.Being a sound engineer and producer himself, he is in the U.K. working on the follow up to his 2005 debut.
Very insightful story of an immigrant from Zambia arriving in Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
...a high court judge in London will rule whether so-called vulture fund can extract more than $40m fromZambia for a debt which it bought for less than $4m ... [Vulture funders, are companies which buy up the debt of poor nations cheaply when it is about to be written off.] --- UPDATE -- see first comment. Judge says NO.
Zambezi Organic Forest Honey began with a chance meeting between two Peace Corps volunteers at a roadside restaurant in Zambia, Africa. Jennifer & Keith Gelber quickly discovered a shared passion for sustainable, organic farming and a commitment to helping others. Their accidental meeting led to a wedding and the start of a business designed to...