* Denmark is represented in Angola through its embassy in Lusaka ( Zambia ).

One of the largest global amethyst producers is Zambia in southern Africa with an annual production of about 1000 tonnes.

Similarly, Lubumbashi and the rest of Katanga Province is linked to Zambia, through which the paved highway and rail networks of Southern Africa can be accessed.

* G. c. angolensis, the Angolan or Namibian giraffe, is found in northern Namibia, south-western Zambia, Botswana and western Zimbabwe.

* G. c. thornicrofti, called the Thornicroft or Rhodesian giraffe, is restricted to the Luangwa Valley in eastern Zambia.

The Kariba Dam is a hydroelectric dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The north station belonging to Zambia has been in operation since 1976, and has four generators of 153. 5 MW each for a total of 615 MW ; work to expand this capacity to 1, 080 MW is expecting completion in December 2012.

The Kariba Dam is now owned and operated by the Zambezi River Authority, which is jointly and equally owned by Zimbabwe and Zambia.

An extension from Mchinji to Chipata in Zambia opened in 2010, and there is a proposal to eventually link up from there with the TAZARA railway at Mpika.

* Zambia-There is currently no rail-link with Zambia, though the two countries use the same gauge.

Katima Mulilo is about 130 km from the nearest railway in Zambia as the crow flies, once the Zambesi has been bridged.

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( ), is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south.

Just upstream from the Kalambo Falls, which is in Zambia, there is one of the most important archaeological sites in Africa.

However, it is believed the Portuguese first settled in Zumbo, Mozambique, in 1720, which is just across the Luangwa River from Zambia, at the confluence with the Zambezi River.

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Zambia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and others aspects of the population.

Politics of Zambia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Zambia is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.

Zambia is one of Sub-Saharan Africa's most highly urbanized countries.

Today copper mining is central to the economic prospects for Zambia, but concerns remain that the economy is not diversified enough to cope with a collapse in international copper prices.

Zambia has the potential for significantly increasing its agricultural output ; currently, less than 20 % of its arable land is cultivated.

The lake is divided among four countries – Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC ), Tanzania and Zambia, with the DRC ( 40 %) and Tanzania ( 46 %) possessing the majority of the lake.

Zambia is divided into 10 provinces.

The University of Zambia is divided into the following faculties:

The surrounding Kalahari Basin covers over extending farther into Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, and encroaching into parts of Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

In 1982, NCCM and RCM were merged into the giant Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd ( ZCCM ).

By 1976, Zambia had a balance-of-payments crisis, and rapidly fell into debt with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ).

As of February 2012, it was reported that a Chinese company paid US $ 499, 950 into Shalli's account in Zambia while he was the NDF chief.

Rhodesian counterinsurgency operation extended into Zambia after ZIPRA rebels shot down two unarmed Vickers Viscount civilian airliners ( Air Rhodesia Flight 825 on 3 September 1978 and Air Rhodesia Flight 827 on 12 February 1979 ) with Soviet supplied SAM-7 heat-seeking missiles.

In 1982 NCCM and RCM were merged into the giant Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd ( ZCCM ).

The future of the copper industry in Zambia was thrown into doubt in January 2002, when investors in Zambia's largest copper mine announced their intention to withdraw their investment.

The country occupies a thin strip of land in between Zambia and Mozambique protruding southwards into Mozambique along the valley of the Shire River.

During the period of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation ( CAF ) 1953 – 63, that brought the self-governing and virtually independent British colony of Southern Rhodesia into a federation with the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia ( Zambia ) and Nyasaland, ( Malawi ) the political nature of Special Branch became a source of tension between the BSAP and different police forces in the northern territories.

The Plains zebra's range stops short of the Sahara from southern Sudan and southern Ethiopia extending south along eastern Africa, as far as Zambia, Mozambique, and Malawi, before spreading into most southern African countries.

The dirt roads on the Congolese side have been neglected and are in poor condition, and many people cross into Zambia to travel by road.

In the 1980s, the spread of the UNITA insurgency into the Nganuela-inhabited area adjacent to the Zambian border led to the flight of many Nganguela families into Zambia.

( The Pedicle is a wedge of Congolese territory that cuts deep into Zambia to give the country its distinctive butterfly shape.

The ancient Shonas who temporarily dwelt in Malambo, a place in the DRC, eventually shifted into northern Zambia, and then south and east into the highlands of Malawi.

* Congo Pedicle, an area of DR Congo jutting into Zambia

In 1963 he went into exile and lived in Britain, Angola, Mozambique and Zambia.

On 9 July 2001 he was elected secretary-general of the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ) in Lusaka, Zambia, with the task of leading the OAU's transformation into the African Union over the course of one year.

The south-west face of the Mountain, is the weather side, around Likhabula, Lichenya and Mulanje Boma, which experiences the highest amounts of rain, due to the south-east trades of the southern hemisphere, that drive the moist air from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo into the Mulanje region.

The music of Zambia has a rich heritage which falls roughly into three categories: traditional, popular and Christian.

" Kalindula in Mukanda: The Incorporation of Westernized Music into the Boys ' Initiation Rites of the Luvale of Zambia.