Explore Zambia in Africa - Zambia Tourism Info
Description and Basic Information
Zambia with its capital Lusaka is located in Africa (Southern Africa, east of Angola). It covers some 752,615 square kilometres (slightly larger than Texas) with 11,669,000 citizens. English, Chichewa; Nyanja and are languages spoken by the majority in Zambia (consider regional differences). Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Malawi and Angola are bordering countries.
Pictures from Lusaka (Capital) 
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The Castle
© Halogucker
House in Makeni Rd
© onehugaday
Andrews motel entrance
© hanongo
Eureka Campsite
© hupeverlag.de
Zambia Bethel
© onehugaday
About Zambia
The terrain offers mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains. The average density of population is about 15 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with modified by altitude, rainy season (October to April). Possible natural disasters include periodic drought or tropical storms (November to April).
To reach someone in Zambia dial +260 prior to a number. There are 90,300 installed telephones. And there are 4,407,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".zm". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz.
The country consists of 9 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of Zambia
Tourism Information
Official Tourism Office
Website: Zambia Tourism
P O Box 30017
Century House, Cairo Road
Lusaka
Zambia
Phone: +260 1 229087
Fax: +260 1 225174
Demographic Information
Age Distribution in Zambia
Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.
Birthrate
The number of people born in Zambia has declined over the last 10 years by 2.9 births per thousand from 42.8 in 2001 to 39.9 in 2010. Currently, 481,433 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in Zambia has declined over the last 10 years by 2.3 deaths per thousand from 23.5 in 2001 to 21.2 in 2010. Currently, 255,004 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Zambia is growing at an rate of 1.62% (or by 194,960 citizens). Each year 31,469 people leave this country (or 2.60 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.88%. Or an total increase of 226,429 citizens.
Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.
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