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Zambie, offeecially the Republic o Zambie (/[unsupported input]ˈzæmbiə/) is a landlocked kintra in Soothren Africae. The neighbourin kintras are the Democratic Republic o the Congo tae the north, Tanzanie tae the north-east, Malawi tae the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana an Namibie tae the sooth, an Angolae tae the wast. The caipital ceety is Lusaka, locatit in the sooth-central pairt o the kintra. The population is concentratit mainly aroond the Lusaka in the sooth an the Copperbelt tae the northwast.
Republic o Zambie | |
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Motto: "One Zambia, One Nation" | |
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Caipital and largest city | Lusaka 15°25′S 28°17′E |
Offeecial leids | Inglis |
Recognised regional leids | |
Ethnic groups (2010[1]) | > 0.5%
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Demonym(s) | Zambie |
Govrenment | Unitar Presidential republic |
• Preses | Hakainde Hichilema |
• Vice Preses | Mutale Nalumango |
Legislatur | Naitional Assemmly |
Unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick | |
• North-Wastren Rhodesie | 27 Juin 1890 |
• Barotziland-North-Wastren Rhodesie | 28 November 1899 |
• North-Eastren Rhodesie | 29 Januar 1900 |
• Amalgamation o Northren Rhodesie | 17 August 1911 |
• Federation o Rhodesie an Nyasaland | 1 August 1953 |
• Republic o Zambie | 24 October 1964 |
• Current constitution | 5 Januar 2016 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 752,618 km2 (290,587 sq mi)[2] (38th) |
• Water (%) | 1 |
Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 16,591,390[3] (68t) |
• 2010 census | 13,092,666[4] |
• Density | 17.2/km2 (44.5/sq mi) (191st) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $68.64 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $3,982[5] |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $23.137 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $1,342[5] |
Gini (2010) | 57.5[6] heich |
HDI (2015) | ![]() medium · 139th |
Currency | Zambian kwacha (ZMW) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Drivin side | caur |
Cawin code | +260 |
ISO 3166 code | ZM |
Internet TLD | .zm |
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