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  2. National Assembly of Zambia - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The National Assembly is Zambia 's unicameral legislative body. Between 1972 and 1990, Zambia was a one-party state with the United National Independence Party (UNIP) as the sole legal party. [1] The current National Assembly, formed following elections held in 2021, has a total of 166 members. 156 members are directly elected in single ...

  3. Zambia - Wikipedia

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    Zambia is a landlocked country in southern Africa, with a tropical climate, and consists mostly of high plateaus with some hills and mountains, dissected by river valleys. At 752,614 km 2 (290,586 sq mi) it is the 39th-largest country in the world, slightly smaller than Chile.

  4. Zambezi - Wikipedia

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    Zambezi. Main stem source. Zambezi Source National Forest. The Zambezi (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its drainage basin covers 1,390,000 km 2 (540,000 sq mi), [1][2] slightly less than half of the Nile 's.

  5. Lower Zambezi National Park - Wikipedia

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    Lower Zambezi National Park. /  15.600°S 29.567°E  / -15.600; 29.567. The Lower Zambezi National Park lies on the north bank of the Zambezi River in southeastern Zambia. Until 1983 when the area was declared a national park, the area was the private game reserve of Zambia's president. This meant that the park was protected from mass ...

  6. History of Zambia - Wikipedia

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    Zambia portal. v. t. e. The history of Zambia experienced many stages from colonisation to independence from Britain on 24 October 1964. Northern Rhodesia became a British sphere of influence in the present-day region of Zambia in 1888, and was officially proclaimed a British protectorate in 1924. After many years of suggested mergers, Southern ...

  7. Provinces of Zambia - Wikipedia

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    Primary data. Western Province is the largest in terms of area, having 126,386 km 2, while Lusaka was the smallest with 21,896 km 2. In terms of population, Lusaka is the most populated and most densely populated with a population of 2,191,225 and densf 100 persons per km 2. As of 2010, Western Province had the best sex ratio of 108 females for ...

  8. Languages of Zambia - Wikipedia

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    Zambia has several major indigenous languages, [1] all members of the Bantu family, as well as Khwedam, Zambian Sign Language, several immigrant languages and the pidgins Settla and Fanagalo. English is the official language and the major language of business and education.

  9. Demographics of Zambia - Wikipedia

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    The following demographic statistics of Zambia in 2022 are from the World Population Review. [ 18 ] One birth every 47 seconds. One death every 4 minutes. One net migrant every 65 minutes. Net gain of one person every 57 seconds. The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.