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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Zambia 
  n  :  a  republic  in  central  Africa;  formerly  controlled  (as  part 
  of  Northern  Rhodesia)  by  Great  Britain  until  it  gained 
  independence  within  the  Commonwealth  in  1964  [syn:  {Zambia}] 
 
  From  The  CIA  World  Factbook  (1995)  [world95]: 
 
  Zambia 
 
  Zambia:Geography 
 
  Location:  Southern  Africa,  east  of  Angola 
 
  Map  references:  Africa 
 
  Area: 
  total  area:  752,610  sq  km 
  land  area:  740,720  sq  km 
  comparative  area:  slightly  larger  than  Texas 
 
  Land  boundaries:  total  5,664  km  Angola  1,110  km  Malawi  837  km 
  Mozambique  419  km  Namibia  233  km  Tanzania  338  km  Zaire  1,930  km 
  Zimbabwe  797  km 
 
  Coastline:  0  km  (landlocked) 
 
  Maritime  claims:  none;  landlocked 
 
  International  disputes:  quadripoint  with  Botswana,  Namibia,  and 
  Zimbabwe  is  in  disagreement;  Tanzania-Zaire-Zambia  tripoint  in  Lake 
  Tanganyika  may  no  longer  be  indefinite  since  it  is  reported  that  the 
  indefinite  section  of  the  Zaire-Zambia  boundary  has  been  settled 
 
  Climate:  tropical;  modified  by  altitude;  rainy  season  (October  to 
  April) 
 
  Terrain:  mostly  high  plateau  with  some  hills  and  mountains 
 
  Natural  resources:  copper,  cobalt,  zinc,  lead,  coal,  emeralds,  gold, 
  silver,  uranium,  hydropower  potential 
 
  Land  use: 
  arable  land:  7% 
  permanent  crops:  0% 
  meadows  and  pastures:  47% 
  forest  and  woodland:  27% 
  other:  19% 
 
  Irrigated  land:  320  sq  km  (1989  est.) 
 
  Environment: 
  current  issues:  air  pollution  and  resulting  acid  rain  in  the  mineral 
  extraction  and  refining  region;  poaching  seriously  threatens 
  rhinoceros  and  elephant  populations;  deforestation;  soil  erosion; 
  desertification  lack  of  adequate  water  treatment  presents  human 
  health  risks 
  natural  hazards:  tropical  storms  (November  to  April) 
  international  agreements:  party  to  -  Biodiversity,  Climate  Change, 
  Endangered  Species,  Hazardous  Wastes,  Law  of  the  Sea,  Nuclear  Test 
  Ban,  Ozone  Layer  Protection,  Wetlands;  signed,  but  not  ratified  - 
  Desertification 
 
  Note:  landlocked 
 
  Zambia:People 
 
  Population:  9,445,723  (July  1995  est.) 
 
  Age  structure: 
  0-14  years:  50%  (female  2,331,820;  male  2,363,319) 
  15-64  years:  48%  (female  2,332,798;  male  2,193,363) 
  65  years  and  over:  2%  (female  112,484;  male  111,939)  (July  1995  est.) 
 
  Population  growth  rate:  2.7%  (1995  est.) 
 
  Birth  rate:  45.47  births/1,000  population  (1995  est.) 
 
  Death  rate:  18.42  deaths/1,000  population  (1995  est.) 
 
  Net  migration  rate:  -0.04  migrant(s)/1,000  population  (1995  est.) 
 
  Infant  mortality  rate:  86  deaths/1,000  live  births  (1995  est.) 
 
  Life  expectancy  at  birth: 
  total  population:  42.88  years 
  male:  42.74  years 
  female:  43.03  years  (1995  est.) 
 
  Total  fertility  rate:  6.62  children  born/woman  (1995  est.) 
 
  Nationality: 
  noun:  Zambian(s) 
  adjective:  Zambian 
 
  Ethnic  divisions:  African  98.7%,  European  1.1%,  other  0.2% 
 
  Religions:  Christian  50%-75%,  Muslim  and  Hindu  24%-49%,  indigenous 
  beliefs  1% 
 
  Languages:  English  (official) 
  note:  about  70  indigenous  languages 
 
  Literacy:  age  15  and  over  can  read  and  write  (1990  est.) 
  total  population:  73% 
  male:  81% 
  female:  65% 
 
  Labor  force:  3.4  million 
  by  occupation:  agriculture  85%,  mining,  manufacturing,  and 
  construction  6%,  transport  and  services  9% 
 
  Zambia:Government 
 
  Names: 
  conventional  long  form:  Republic  of  Zambia 
  conventional  short  form:  Zambia 
  former:  Northern  Rhodesia 
 
  Digraph:  ZA 
 
  Type:  republic 
 
  Capital:  Lusaka 
 
  Administrative  divisions:  9  provinces;  Central,  Copperbelt  Eastern, 
  Luapula  Lusaka,  Northern,  North-Western,  Southern,  Western 
 
  Independence:  24  October  1964  (from  UK) 
 
  National  holiday:  Independence  Day  24  October  (1964) 
 
  Constitution:  2  August  1991 
 
  Legal  system:  based  on  English  common  law  and  customary  law;  judicial 
  review  of  legislative  acts  in  an  ad  hoc  constitutional  council;  has 
  not  accepted  compulsory  ICJ  jurisdiction 
 
  Suffrage:  18  years  of  age;  universal 
 
  Executive  branch: 
  chief  of  state  and  head  of  government:  President  Frederick  CHILUBA 
  (since  31  October  1991);  Vice  President  General  Godfrey  MIYANDA  (since 
  NA  August  1994;  he  replaced  Levy  MWANAWASA  who  was  elected  31  October 
  1991  and  resigned  in  NA  August  1994)  election  last  held  31  October 
  1991  (next  to  be  held  NA  1996);  results  -  Frederick  CHILUBA  84%, 
  Kenneth  KAUNDA  16% 
  cabinet:  Cabinet;  appointed  by  the  president  from  members  of  the 
  National  Assembly 
 
  Legislative  branch:  unicameral 
  National  Assembly:  elections  last  held  31  October  1991  (next  to  be 
  held  NA  1996);  results  -  percent  of  vote  by  party  NA  seats  -  (150 
  total)  MMD  125,  UNIP  25;  note  -  the  MMD's  majority  was  weakened  by  the 
  defection  of  13  of  its  parliamentary  members  during  1993  and  the 
  defeat  of  its  candidates  in  4  of  the  resulting  by-elections 
 
  Judicial  branch:  Supreme  Court 
 
  Political  parties  and  leaders:  Movement  for  Multiparty  Democracy 
  (MMD),  Frederick  CHILUBA  United  National  Independence  Party  (UNIP), 
  Kebby  MUSOKATWANE  National  Party  (NP),  Inonge  MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA; 
 
  Member  of:  ACP,  AfDB  C,  CCC,  ECA,  FAO,  FLS,  G-19,  G-77,  GATT,  IAEA, 
  IBRD,  ICAO,  ICFTU  ICRM,  IDA,  IFAD,  IFC,  IFRCS  ILO,  IMF,  INTELSAT, 
  INTERPOL,  IOC,  IOM,  ITU,  NAM,  OAU,  SADC,  UN  UNCTAD  UNESCO,  UNIDO 
  UNOMOZ  UPU,  WCL,  WHO  WIPO,  WMO,  WTO 
 
  Diplomatic  representation  in  US: 
  chief  of  mission:  Ambassador  Dunstan  Weston  KAMANA 
  chancery:  2419  Massachusetts  Avenue  NW  Washington,  DC  20008 
  telephone:  [1]  (202)  265-9717  through  9719 
  FAX:  [1]  (202)  332-0826 
 
  US  diplomatic  representation: 
  chief  of  mission:  Ambassador  Roland  K.  KUCHEL 
  embassy:  corner  of  Independence  Avenue  and  United  Nations  Avenue, 
  Lusaka 
  mailing  address:  P.  O.  Box  31617,  Lusaka 
  telephone:  [260]  (1)  228595,  228601,  228602,  228603 
  FAX:  [260]  (1)  261538 
 
  Flag:  green  with  a  panel  of  three  vertical  bands  of  red  (hoist  side), 
  black,  and  orange  below  a  soaring  orange  eagle,  on  the  outer  edge  of 
  the  flag 
 
  Economy 
 
  Overview:  Prior  to  1993  the  economy  had  been  in  decline  for  more  than 
  a  decade  with  falling  imports  and  growing  foreign  debt.  Economic 
  difficulties  stemmed  largely  from  a  chronically  depressed  level  of 
  copper  production  and  weak  copper  prices,  generally  ineffective 
  economic  policies,  and  high  inflation.  An  annual  population  growth  of 
  3%  brought  a  decline  in  per  capita  GDP  of  50%  over  the  decade. 
  However,  economic  reforms  enacted  since  1992  have  helped  reduce 
  inflation,  have  begun  to  strengthen  the  social  safety  net,  and  have 
  been  accompanied  by  GDP  growth  at  an  estimated  6.8%  in  1993  and  4%  in 
  1994.  The  huge  external  debt  remains  a  key  problem. 
 
  National  product:  GDP  -  purchasing  power  parity  -  $7.9  billion  (1994 
  est.) 
 
  National  product  real  growth  rate:  4%  (1994  est.) 
 
  National  product  per  capita:  $860  (1994  est.) 
 
  Inflation  rate  (consumer  prices):  89%  (1994  est.) 
 
  Unemployment  rate:  NA% 
 
  Budget: 
  revenues:  $665  million 
  expenditures:  $767  million,  including  capital  expenditures  of  $300 
  million  (1991  est.) 
 
  Exports:  $1.01  billion  (f.o.b.,  1993  est.) 
  commodities:  copper,  zinc,  cobalt,  lead,  tobacco 
  partners:  EC  countries,  Japan,  South  Africa,  US  India 
 
  Imports:  $1.13  billion  (c.i.f.,  1993  est.) 
  commodities:  machinery,  transportation  equipment,  foodstuffs,  fuels, 
  manufactures 
  partners:  EC  countries,  Japan,  Saudi  Arabia,  South  Africa,  US 
 
  External  debt:  $7.3  billion  (1993) 
 
  Industrial  production:  growth  rate  -1%  (1992);  accounts  for  42%  of  GDP 
 
  Electricity: 
  capacity:  2,440,000  kW 
  production:  7.8  billion  kWh 
  consumption  per  capita:  650  kWh  (1993) 
 
  Industries:  copper  mining  and  processing,  construction,  foodstuffs, 
  beverages,  chemicals,  textiles,  and  fertilizer 
 
  Agriculture:  accounts  for  12%  of  GDP  and  85%  of  labor  force;  crops  - 
  corn  (food  staple),  sorghum,  rice,  peanuts,  sunflower,  tobacco, 
  cotton,  sugarcane,  cassava;  cattle,  goats,  beef,  eggs 
 
  Illicit  drugs:  increasingly  a  regional  transshipment  center  for 
  methaqualone  and  heroin 
 
  Economic  aid: 
  recipient:  US  commitments,  including  Ex-Im  (1970-89),  $4.8  billion; 
  Western  (non-US)  countries,  ODA  and  OOF  bilateral  commitments 
  (1970-89),  $4.8  billion;  OPEC  bilateral  aid  (1979-89),  $60  million; 
  Communist  countries  (1970-89),  $533  million 
 
  Currency:  1  Zambian  kwacha  ZK  =  100  ngwee 
 
  Exchange  rates:  Zambian  kwacha  ZK  per  US$1  -  672.8  (September  1994), 
  434.78  (1993),  156.25  (1992),  61.7284  (1991),  28.9855  (1990) 
 
  Fiscal  year:  calendar  year 
 
  Zambia:Transportation 
 
  Railroads: 
  total:  1,273  km 
  narrow  gauge:  1,273  km  1.067-m  gauge  (13  km  double  track) 
  note:  not  a  part  of  Zambia  Railways  is  the  Tanzania-Zambia  Railway 
  Authority  (TAZARA),  which  operates  1,860  km  of  1.067-m  narrow  gauge 
  track  between  Dar  es  Salaam  and  New  Kapiri  M'poshi  where  it  connects 
  to  the  Zambia  Railways  system;  891  km  of  the  TAZARA  line  transit 
  Zambia 
 
  Highways: 
  total:  36,370  km 
  paved:  6,500  km 
  unpaved:  crushed  stone,  gravel,  stabilized  earth  7,000  km  improved, 
  unimproved  earth  22,870  km 
 
  Inland  waterways:  2,250  km  including  Zambezi  and  Luapula  Rivers,  Lake 
  Tanganyika 
 
  Pipelines:  crude  oil  1,724  km 
 
  Ports:  Mpulungu 
 
  Airports: 
  total:  113 
  with  paved  runways  over  3,047  m:  1 
  with  paved  runways  2,438  to  3,047  m:  4 
  with  paved  runways  1,524  to  2,437  m:  4 
  with  paved  runways  914  to  1,523  m:  4 
  with  paved  runways  under  914  m:  39 
  with  unpaved  runways  1,524  to  2,438  m:  4 
  with  unpaved  runways  914  to  1,523  m:  57 
 
  Zambia:Communications 
 
  Telephone  system:  NA  telephones;  facilities  are  among  the  best  in 
  Sub-Saharan  Africa 
  local:  NA 
  intercity:  high  capacity  micrwave  radio  relay  connects  most  larger 
  towns  and  cities 
  international:  2  INTELSAT  earth  stations  (1  Indian  Ocean  and  1 
  Atlantic  Ocean) 
 
  Radio: 
  broadcast  stations:  AM  11,  FM  5,  shortwave  0 
  radios:  NA 
 
  Television: 
  broadcast  stations:  9 
  televisions:  NA 
 
  Zambia:Defense  Forces 
 
  Branches:  Army,  Air  Force,  Police 
 
  Manpower  availability:  males  age  15-49  1,953,967;  males  fit  for 
  military  service  1,028,113  (1995  est.) 
 
  Defense  expenditures:  exchange  rate  conversion  -  $45  million,  1.4%  of 
  GDP  (1994) 
 
 
 




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