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Capital | Lusaka |
Government | Republic |
Currency | Zambian kwacha (ZMK) |
Area | total: 752,614 km2 water: 11,890 km2 land: 740,724 km2 |
Population | 12,935,000 |
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%) |
Electricity | 230V/50Hz, Plug type C/D/G |
Calling Code | +260 |
Internet TLD | .zm |
Time Zone | CAT (GMT +2 hours) |
Zambia is a state in Southern Africa. Roughly the size of Texas or France, Zambia is a landlocked country, bordered by Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, a narrow strip of Namibia known as the Caprivi Strip to the southwest, Angola to the west, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the northwest.