Zambia
- Population
- 11,862,740
- Government Type
- Republic
- Legal System based on English common and customary law
- Colonial History
- Has a rich history intertwined with Zimbabwe with Cecil Rohodes calling the area Rhodesia
- Northern Rhodesia is now known as Zambia
- Different Tribes/ Ethnic Groups
- African 99.5% (Bemba, Tonga, Chewa, Lozi, Nsenga, Tumbuka, Ngoni, Lala, Kaonde, Lunda and other African groups
- .5% includes Europeans, Asians and Americans
- Languages
- 8 official languages (Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga, Lozi, Lunda, Kaonde, Luvale and English
- Others include Chewa, Nsenga, Tumbuka, Lala and other languages
- Exports
- Industries incluse copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages chemicals, textiles, fertilizer and horticulture
- Exports include copper, cobalt, electricity, tobacco, flowers and cotton
- Sent to China, Saudi Arabia, DRC, South Korea, Egypt, South Africa and India
- Imports
- Machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer, foodstuffs and clothing
- Received from South Africa, UAE, China and the DRC
- Natural Resources
- Copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium
- (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/za.html)
- Music
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3b5UzWEJhQ
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