Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a
landlocked country at the crossroads of
Central,
Southern and
East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bordered to the north by the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Tanzania to the north-east,
Malawi to the east,
Mozambique to the southeast,
Zimbabwe and
Botswana to the south,
Namibia to the southwest, and
Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is
Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The population is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the
Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country.
On 24 October 1964, Zambia became independent of the United Kingdom and prime minister
Kenneth Kaunda became the inaugural
president. Kaunda's
socialistUnited National Independence Party (UNIP) maintained power from 1964 until 1991. Kaunda played a key role in regional diplomacy, cooperating closely with the United States in search of solutions to conflicts in
Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Angola, and Namibia. From 1972 to 1991 Zambia was a
one-party state with UNIP as the sole legal political party under the motto "One Zambia, One Nation" coined by Kaunda. Kaunda was succeeded by
Frederick Chiluba of the
social-democraticMovement for Multi-Party Democracy in 1991, beginning a period of socio-economic development and government decentralisation. Zambia has since become a multi-party state and has experienced several peaceful transitions of power.
Kitwe is the third largest city in terms of infrastructure development (after Lusaka and Ndola) and second largest city in terms of size and population (after Lusaka) in
Zambia. With a population of 517,543 (2010 census provisional) Kitwe is one of the most developed commercial and industrial areas in the nation, alongside
Ndola and
Lusaka. It has a complex of mines on its north-western and western edges.
Kitwe is located in the
Copperbelt Province and is made up of
townships and
suburban areas including Parklands, Riverside, Buchi, Chimwemwe, Kwacha,
Nkana East,
Nkana West, Garneton, Ndeke, Miseshi, Wusakile, Mindolo, Chachacha and Race Course, to mention a few. The city is sometimes referred to as Kitwe-Nkana. Nkana is derived from the name of Senior Chief Nkana of the Lamba speaking people of the Copperbelt province. His area covers the towns of Kitwe, Mufulira, Kalulushi-Chibuluma and Chambishi. (Full article...)
Image 6Enormous
Ba-Ila settlement. These communities have been of interest to mathematicians due to their
fractal pattern design. (from History of Zambia)
Image 7Nsima (top right corner) with three types of
relish. (from Zambia)
Image 8Seated female Staffs of office (Kibango), were displayed by
Luba kings. In Luba society, women's bodies were considered the ultimate vessels of spiritual power. (from History of Zambia)
Image 9Ila Headman's son in Southern Zambia, Cattle formed an important part of their society. (from History of Zambia)
Image 10Drawing of the ruler of
Lunda,
Mwata Kazembe, receiving Portuguese in the royal courtyard in the 1800s (from Zambia)
Image 11Batonga fisherwomen in Southern Zambia. Women have played and continue to play pivotal roles in many African societies. (from Zambia)
Image 12Ancient (but graffitied) Rock Art in Nsalu Cave, Kasanka National Park in North-Central Zambia. (from Zambia)
Image 20Inside the palace of the
Litunga, ruler of the Lozi. Due to the flooding on the Zambezi, the Litunga has two palaces one of which is on higher ground. The movement of Litunga to higher land is celebrated at the
Kuomboka Ceremony (from Zambia)
Image 23An 1864 photograph of the Scottish explorer and missionary
David Livingstone. (from Zambia)
Image 24Inside the palace of the
Litunga, ruler of the Lozi. Due to the flooding on the Zambezi, the Litunga has two palaces one of which is on higher ground. The movement of Litunga to higher land is celebrated at the
Kuomboka Ceremony (from History of Zambia)
Image 25Zambia National Assembly building in
Lusaka (from Zambia)
Image 26GDP per capita (current), compared to neighbouring countries (world average = 100) (from Zambia)
Image 29The geopolitical situation during the
Rhodesian Bush War in 1965 – countries friendly to the nationalists are coloured orange. (from Zambia)
Image 30Three young
Ngoni chiefs. The Ngoni made their way into
Eastern Zambia from
KwaZulu in South Africa. They eventually assimilated into the local ethnic groups. (from Zambia)
Image 31The major Nkana open copper mine,
Kitwe. (from Zambia)
Image 37The Kalonga of the
Chewa today descends from the Kalonga (rulers) of the Maravi Empire. (from History of Zambia)
Image 38A drawing of
Lunda houses by a Portuguese visitor. The size of the doorways relative to the building emphasizes the scale of the buildings. (from Zambia)
Image 39The kalonga (ruler) of the
AChewa today descends from the kalonga of the Maravi Empire. (from Zambia)
Image 40Inside the palace of the
Litunga, ruler of the Lozi. Due to the flooding on the Zambezi, the Litunga has two palaces one of which is on higher ground. The movement of Litunga to higher land is celebrated at the
Kuomboka Ceremony (from Zambia)
Image 41Zambia map of Köppen climate classification. (from Zambia)
Image 42Lukasa memory board, was used by members of Mbudye (an association of
groits in charge of maintaining Baluba history) (from History of Zambia)
Image 43A drawing of
Lunda houses by a Portuguese visitor. The size of the doorways relative to the building emphasizes the scale of the buildings. (from Zambia)
Image 44Batonga fisherwomen in Southern Zambia. Women have and continue to play important roles in many African societies. (from History of Zambia)
Image 58A drawing of Lunda houses by a Portuguese. The size of the doorways relative to the building emphasizes the scale of the buildings. (from History of Zambia)
Image 59Tribal and linguistic map of Zambia (from Zambia)
Image 60The major Nkana open copper mine,
Kitwe. (from Zambia)
Image 61Tribal and linguistic map of Zambia (from Zambia)
Image 62Drawing of the ruler of Lunda,
Mwata Kazembe, receiving Portuguese in the royal courtyard in the 1800s (from History of Zambia)
Image 63Three young
Ngoni chiefs. The Ngoni made their way into
Eastern Zambia from
KwaZulu in South Africa. They eventually assimilated into the local ethic groups. (from History of Zambia)
Image 64Batonga fisherwomen in Southern Zambia. Women have played and continue to play pivotal roles in many African societies. (from Zambia)
Image 65The geopolitical situation during the
Rhodesian Bush War in 1965 – countries friendly to the nationalists are coloured orange. (from Zambia)
Image 66Three young
Ngoni chiefs. The Ngoni made their way into
Eastern Zambia from
KwaZulu in South Africa. They eventually assimilated into the local ethnic groups. (from Zambia)
Image 67Drawing of the ruler of
Lunda,
Mwata Kazembe, receiving Portuguese in the royal courtyard in the 1800s (from Zambia)
Image 68Nsima (top right corner) with three types of
relish. (from Zambia)
This is a
Good article, an article that meets a core set of high editorial standards.
The 2010 Zambian census was conducted in
Zambia in 2010 under the approval of the
Government of Zambia, which recorded
demographic data from 13 million people and 3.2 million households. The 2010 Census of Population and Housing was conducted between 16 October and 15 November 2010, with all parts of the country covered by 30 November 2010. It was the fifth national population census exercise of Zambia since its independence in 1964, with the previous censuses conducted in 1969, 1980, 1990 and
2000. A total of 3.2 million questionnaires were used for data collection and the processing started in April 2011 by the
Central Statistical Office. Optical Mark Reading (OMR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) technology were used for data capture. The census was funded by
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Kingdom AID (UKAID-formerly DFID), the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the
African Development Bank (
AfDB), who contributed close to 60 per cent of the total expenditure and rest contributed by the
Ministry of Finance of the Government of Zambia.
As per the census, Zambia had a total population of 13,092,666 including 6,454,647 males (49.2%) and 6,638,019 females (50.8%) with a sex-ratio of 102.84. The total literacy of the population above the age of five stood at 70.2 per cent. Urban population constituted 39.51 per cent and the remaining 61.49 per cent resided in rural areas. The density of population was 17.4 persons per km2 and the decadal growth of population was 2.8 per cent. There were 22 major languages spoken in Zambia of which 33.5 per cent of the population spoke
Bemba, making it the largest spoken language. Out of the seven broad ethnic groups,
Bemba was the most prevalent tribal group (21.0%), followed by
Tonga (13.6%). The national average of active people stood at 55.5 per cent with 50.2 in rural areas and 65.3 per cent in urban areas. Unemployment rate was 13 per cent as of 2010. Agriculture was the major occupation with 66.5 per cent involved in it. The proportion of people living under poverty line was 60.5 per cent, while the extremely poor formed 42.3 per cent of the total population. (Full article...)
Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a
landlocked country at the crossroads of
Central,
Southern and
East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bordered to the north by the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Tanzania to the north-east,
Malawi to the east,
Mozambique to the southeast,
Zimbabwe and
Botswana to the south,
Namibia to the southwest, and
Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is
Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The population is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the
Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country.
On 24 October 1964, Zambia became independent of the United Kingdom and prime minister
Kenneth Kaunda became the inaugural
president. Kaunda's
socialistUnited National Independence Party (UNIP) maintained power from 1964 until 1991. Kaunda played a key role in regional diplomacy, cooperating closely with the United States in search of solutions to conflicts in
Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Angola, and Namibia. From 1972 to 1991 Zambia was a
one-party state with UNIP as the sole legal political party under the motto "One Zambia, One Nation" coined by Kaunda. Kaunda was succeeded by
Frederick Chiluba of the
social-democraticMovement for Multi-Party Democracy in 1991, beginning a period of socio-economic development and government decentralisation. Zambia has since become a multi-party state and has experienced several peaceful transitions of power.
Kitwe is the third largest city in terms of infrastructure development (after Lusaka and Ndola) and second largest city in terms of size and population (after Lusaka) in
Zambia. With a population of 517,543 (2010 census provisional) Kitwe is one of the most developed commercial and industrial areas in the nation, alongside
Ndola and
Lusaka. It has a complex of mines on its north-western and western edges.
Kitwe is located in the
Copperbelt Province and is made up of
townships and
suburban areas including Parklands, Riverside, Buchi, Chimwemwe, Kwacha,
Nkana East,
Nkana West, Garneton, Ndeke, Miseshi, Wusakile, Mindolo, Chachacha and Race Course, to mention a few. The city is sometimes referred to as Kitwe-Nkana. Nkana is derived from the name of Senior Chief Nkana of the Lamba speaking people of the Copperbelt province. His area covers the towns of Kitwe, Mufulira, Kalulushi-Chibuluma and Chambishi. (Full article...)
Image 6Enormous
Ba-Ila settlement. These communities have been of interest to mathematicians due to their
fractal pattern design. (from History of Zambia)
Image 7Nsima (top right corner) with three types of
relish. (from Zambia)
Image 8Seated female Staffs of office (Kibango), were displayed by
Luba kings. In Luba society, women's bodies were considered the ultimate vessels of spiritual power. (from History of Zambia)
Image 9Ila Headman's son in Southern Zambia, Cattle formed an important part of their society. (from History of Zambia)
Image 10Drawing of the ruler of
Lunda,
Mwata Kazembe, receiving Portuguese in the royal courtyard in the 1800s (from Zambia)
Image 11Batonga fisherwomen in Southern Zambia. Women have played and continue to play pivotal roles in many African societies. (from Zambia)
Image 12Ancient (but graffitied) Rock Art in Nsalu Cave, Kasanka National Park in North-Central Zambia. (from Zambia)
Image 20Inside the palace of the
Litunga, ruler of the Lozi. Due to the flooding on the Zambezi, the Litunga has two palaces one of which is on higher ground. The movement of Litunga to higher land is celebrated at the
Kuomboka Ceremony (from Zambia)
Image 23An 1864 photograph of the Scottish explorer and missionary
David Livingstone. (from Zambia)
Image 24Inside the palace of the
Litunga, ruler of the Lozi. Due to the flooding on the Zambezi, the Litunga has two palaces one of which is on higher ground. The movement of Litunga to higher land is celebrated at the
Kuomboka Ceremony (from History of Zambia)
Image 25Zambia National Assembly building in
Lusaka (from Zambia)
Image 26GDP per capita (current), compared to neighbouring countries (world average = 100) (from Zambia)
Image 29The geopolitical situation during the
Rhodesian Bush War in 1965 – countries friendly to the nationalists are coloured orange. (from Zambia)
Image 30Three young
Ngoni chiefs. The Ngoni made their way into
Eastern Zambia from
KwaZulu in South Africa. They eventually assimilated into the local ethnic groups. (from Zambia)
Image 31The major Nkana open copper mine,
Kitwe. (from Zambia)
Image 37The Kalonga of the
Chewa today descends from the Kalonga (rulers) of the Maravi Empire. (from History of Zambia)
Image 38A drawing of
Lunda houses by a Portuguese visitor. The size of the doorways relative to the building emphasizes the scale of the buildings. (from Zambia)
Image 39The kalonga (ruler) of the
AChewa today descends from the kalonga of the Maravi Empire. (from Zambia)
Image 40Inside the palace of the
Litunga, ruler of the Lozi. Due to the flooding on the Zambezi, the Litunga has two palaces one of which is on higher ground. The movement of Litunga to higher land is celebrated at the
Kuomboka Ceremony (from Zambia)
Image 41Zambia map of Köppen climate classification. (from Zambia)
Image 42Lukasa memory board, was used by members of Mbudye (an association of
groits in charge of maintaining Baluba history) (from History of Zambia)
Image 43A drawing of
Lunda houses by a Portuguese visitor. The size of the doorways relative to the building emphasizes the scale of the buildings. (from Zambia)
Image 44Batonga fisherwomen in Southern Zambia. Women have and continue to play important roles in many African societies. (from History of Zambia)
Image 58A drawing of Lunda houses by a Portuguese. The size of the doorways relative to the building emphasizes the scale of the buildings. (from History of Zambia)
Image 59Tribal and linguistic map of Zambia (from Zambia)
Image 60The major Nkana open copper mine,
Kitwe. (from Zambia)
Image 61Tribal and linguistic map of Zambia (from Zambia)
Image 62Drawing of the ruler of Lunda,
Mwata Kazembe, receiving Portuguese in the royal courtyard in the 1800s (from History of Zambia)
Image 63Three young
Ngoni chiefs. The Ngoni made their way into
Eastern Zambia from
KwaZulu in South Africa. They eventually assimilated into the local ethic groups. (from History of Zambia)
Image 64Batonga fisherwomen in Southern Zambia. Women have played and continue to play pivotal roles in many African societies. (from Zambia)
Image 65The geopolitical situation during the
Rhodesian Bush War in 1965 – countries friendly to the nationalists are coloured orange. (from Zambia)
Image 66Three young
Ngoni chiefs. The Ngoni made their way into
Eastern Zambia from
KwaZulu in South Africa. They eventually assimilated into the local ethnic groups. (from Zambia)
Image 67Drawing of the ruler of
Lunda,
Mwata Kazembe, receiving Portuguese in the royal courtyard in the 1800s (from Zambia)
Image 68Nsima (top right corner) with three types of
relish. (from Zambia)
This is a
Good article, an article that meets a core set of high editorial standards.
The 2010 Zambian census was conducted in
Zambia in 2010 under the approval of the
Government of Zambia, which recorded
demographic data from 13 million people and 3.2 million households. The 2010 Census of Population and Housing was conducted between 16 October and 15 November 2010, with all parts of the country covered by 30 November 2010. It was the fifth national population census exercise of Zambia since its independence in 1964, with the previous censuses conducted in 1969, 1980, 1990 and
2000. A total of 3.2 million questionnaires were used for data collection and the processing started in April 2011 by the
Central Statistical Office. Optical Mark Reading (OMR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) technology were used for data capture. The census was funded by
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Kingdom AID (UKAID-formerly DFID), the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the
African Development Bank (
AfDB), who contributed close to 60 per cent of the total expenditure and rest contributed by the
Ministry of Finance of the Government of Zambia.
As per the census, Zambia had a total population of 13,092,666 including 6,454,647 males (49.2%) and 6,638,019 females (50.8%) with a sex-ratio of 102.84. The total literacy of the population above the age of five stood at 70.2 per cent. Urban population constituted 39.51 per cent and the remaining 61.49 per cent resided in rural areas. The density of population was 17.4 persons per km2 and the decadal growth of population was 2.8 per cent. There were 22 major languages spoken in Zambia of which 33.5 per cent of the population spoke
Bemba, making it the largest spoken language. Out of the seven broad ethnic groups,
Bemba was the most prevalent tribal group (21.0%), followed by
Tonga (13.6%). The national average of active people stood at 55.5 per cent with 50.2 in rural areas and 65.3 per cent in urban areas. Unemployment rate was 13 per cent as of 2010. Agriculture was the major occupation with 66.5 per cent involved in it. The proportion of people living under poverty line was 60.5 per cent, while the extremely poor formed 42.3 per cent of the total population. (Full article...)
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