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ZAMBIARepublic of Zambia GEOGRAPHY:
- Location:----------------- Southern Africa
- Area:
Total area:--- 752,610 sq. km
Land area:--- 740,720 sq. km
- Capital city:-------------
Lusaka
- Natural Resources:---------------- Copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold,
silver, uranium, hydropower, potential.
PEOPLE:
- Population:----------------
9,460,736
- Literacy rate:-------------- 78.2% of total population, (Males:85.6%, Females:71.3%).
- Languages:------------------ English(offical), major vernaculars-Bemba, kaonda, Lozi, Lunda,
Luvale, Nyanja, tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
- Religious:-----------------
50%-75%- Christian, 24%-49%-Muslim and Hindu, 1%-indigenous beliefs.
VITAL STATISTICS:
- Birth rate:------------- 44.37 (per 1,000 population)(1997)
- Death rate:-------------
24.18 (per 1,000 population)
- Infant Mortality rate:------------ 96.5 (deaths per 1,000 live
births)
- Fertility rate:--------------- 6.48 (per woman)
- Life
Expectancy at birth:
Total population:--- 35.58 (Males:35.58, Females:35.59).
GOVERNMENT:
- Type of Government:-------------- Republic
- Independence:--------------
October 24, 1964 (from UK)
- President:-------------- Levy Mwanawasa
ECONOMY:
- GDP:--------------- purchasing power parity - $9.7 billion (1996)
GDP real growth rate:--- 6.4%
GDP per capita:--- $1,060
- Inflation rate (consumer prices):-------------
34% (1995)
- National budget:
Revenues:--- $888 million
Expenditures:---
$835 mllion
- External Debt:-------------- $7.2 billion
- Currency:---------------
1 Zambian kwacha = 100 ngwee.
- Labor force:--------------- 3.4 million
- Unemployment rate:---------------- 22%
- Agriculture:---------------- Corn, sorghum,
rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava(tapioca); cattle, goats, beef, eggs.
- Industries:--------------- Copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles,
fertilizer.
- Exports:---------------- $975 billion
Commodities:--- Copper,
zinc, cobalt, lead, tobacco. - Imports:---------------- $990 million
Commodities:---
Machinery, transportation equipment, foodstuffs, fuels, manufactures.
DEFENCE:
- Defence
Expenditures:--------------- Exchange rate conversion - $96 million, 2.7% of GDP
Geography:Zambia
is a landlocked country located in south central Africa
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