By: Deidra Smith. MAP OF ZAMBIA Major cities: Lusaka Mongu Kabwe Livingstone Solwezi Surrounding countries: Angola Dem. Rep. of the Congo Tanzania Malawi.

By: Deidra Smith

ZAMBIA

MAP OF ZAMBIA

Major cities:• Lusaka• Mongu• Kabwe• Livingstone• Solwezi

Surrounding countries:• Angola• Dem. Rep. of the Congo• Tanzania• Malawi• Mozambique• Zimbabwe• Botswana• Nambia

FLAG OF ZAMBIA

Green stands for the country's natural resources and vegetation, red symbolizes the struggle for freedom, black the people of Zambia, and orange the country's mineral wealth; the eagle represents the people's ability to rise above the nation's problems.

GEOGRAPHY OF ZAMBIA

Geography• Kambando River• Zambezi River• Kaulashishi Hill (4,658ft)• Lake Kariba• Mount Mahoni (6, 170ft)

VICTORIA FALLS

LIVINGSTONE MEMORIAL

Livingstone Monument

LAKE TANGANYIKA

Lake Tanganyika

RECREATION ACTIVITIES

Liuwa Plains National Park

Kafue National Park

Tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)

CLIMATE

TRANSPORTATION

COPPERBELT MUSEUM

LIVINGSTONE MUSEUM

FOOD: IFISASHI

NATURAL HAZARDS

Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, Indigenous beliefs 1%

RELIGION

Bemba (official) 30.1% Nyanja (official) 10.7% Tonga (official) 10.6%

TOP 3 LANGUAGES

Global Peace Index• 58 out of 144

Human Development Index• 164 out of 182

Global Competitiveness Report• 112 out of 133

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Male 51.13 years

Female 53.63 years

LIFE EXPECTANCY

Top 3 Imports: Capital goods

Non- Food consumer goods Energy

Top 3 Exports: Copper Cobalt

Gemstones

TOP 3 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

African 99.5% includes Bemba, Tonga, Chewa, Lozi, Nsenga, Tumbuka,

Ngoni, Lala, Kaonde, Lunda, and other African groups

Other 0.5% includes Europeans, Asians, and Americans

LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP