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Ethnologue 14 report for Zambia [KQN] 240,000 in Zambia (1993 Johnstone), 2.9% of the population (1986). [LVN] 220,000 in Zambia (1993 Johnstone), 2.6% of the population (1986). [LUE] 203,000 in Zambia (1993 Johnstone), 2.4% of the population (1986). www.ethnologue.com /14/show_country.asp?name=Zambia   (1132 words)

Zambia - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) The greatest population density is found in the Copperbelt and the central provinces. Zambia is headed by a president, who is both the chief of state and head of government. European economic influence in Zambia was reduced by increasing the number of trained Zambians, by diversifying the country's economy, and (from 1969) by the government's acquisition of a 51% interest in most major firms (especially mining and banking companies). www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-zambia.html   (2034 words)

Urban Services to the Poor Thematic Group-Country Assessment Report: Zambia Located in south-central Africa, Zambia is a landlocked country surrounded by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania to the north; Zimbabwe, Botswana, and the Caprivi Strip of Namibia to the south; Malawi to the east; and Angola to the west. Extensive borrowing has made Zambia one of the most highly indebted nations in the world relative to national output and exports, and in 1990, it was classified as a low-income country. Zambia experienced high levels of rural-urban migration, as citizens sought to benefit from urban-based employment opportunities and subsidized food and infrastructure. www.worldbank.org /urban/upgrading/zambia.html   (616 words)

Ethnologue: Zambia (AVAUSHI, VOUAOUSI, USHI, USI, UZHIL) [AUH] 90,204 in Zambia (1969 census). MAMBWE-LUNGU [MGR] 262,800 in Zambia (1993 Johnstone), 3.1% of the population (1986); 97,000 in Tanzania (1987); 359,000 in all countries. Distinct from Senga dialect of Tumbuka of Zambia, Malawi, and Tanzania. www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Zamb.html   (1719 words)

ZAMBIA , Landmine Monitor Report 2005 Zambia completed destruction of its stockpile of 3,345 antipersonnel mines in October 2004 and is retaining a further 3,346 mines for training. The mine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination in Zambia, which is believed to affect six of the nine provinces, is the result of armed opposition forces from neighboring countries having used Zambian territory in the past as a safe haven. Central Province (Mkushi, Serenje and Mboroma), Eastern Province (Nyimba, Katete and Petauke) and Southern Province (Siavonga, Kalomo, Siamaponda and Chipepo). www.icbl.org /lm/2005/zambia.html   (2868 words)

Zambia Zambia, located in Southern Africa, bordering with 8 neighbouring countries, is a country renowned for its scenic splendour, colour, warmth and friendliness. Zambia is known as the undiscovered gem of Africa, and a safari in this vast country offers huge diversity: an exploration of a land filled with waterfalls, lakes, rivers and wetlands, and the discovery of a country proud of its’ culture and traditions, abundant wildlife and exotic wilderness. Zambia is about the size of Western Europe but with a population of less than 11 million people (of which 40-45% lives in the Copperbelt and around Lusaka) Zambia’s countryside has remained largely untouched. www.bush-buzz.com /zambia.htm   (2279 words)

Anglican Communion:The Church of the Province of Central Africa Anglican Communion:The Church of the Province of Central Africa The Church of the Province of Central Africa Zambia and Botswana suffer the difficulties of rapid industrialization, along with underdeveloped, thinly populated areas. www.anglicancommunion.org /tour/province.cfm?ID=C2   (105 words)

zambia 2 The main commercial livestock areas are Southern province, Central province, Lusaka province, Copperbelt province and the Eastern province. Flocks are concentrated in Lusaka and Central Provinces, near the main consumption centres. Zambia National Action Programme for combating desertification and mitigating serious effects of drought in the context of the United Nations Convention to combat desertification. www.fao.org /ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Counprof/zambia/zambia2.htm   (9502 words)

Top20Zambia.com - Your Top20 Guide to Zambia! Zambia is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the Commonwealth, the African Union, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), which is headquartered in Lusaka. Zambia was the first African state to cooperate with the International Tribunal investigation of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Zambia was active in the Congolese peace effort after the signing of a cease-fire agreement in Lusaka in July and August 1999, although activity diminished considerably after the Joint Military Commission tasked with implementing the ceasefire relocated to Kinshasa in September 2001. www.top20zambia.com   (3231 words)

Waterfalls in Zambia The water cataract is on Nyambwezu River in the Northwestern Province. This cataract is in Central Province of Zambia near Serenge town at Kanono. Then there is the ultimate, the mighty Victoria Falls on the serene but wild Zambezi River that mark the boundary between Zambia and Zimbabwe. www.zambia-the-african-safari.com /waterfalls-in-zambia.html   (829 words)

Zambia, Africa - Africa - Travel Guide and Tourist Information Zambia is a landlocked country located between the southern rim of the Zaire Basin and the Zambezi River. Zambia has land borders with Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique and Zimbabwe to the southeast, Botswana and Namibia to the south, Angola on the west and Zaire to the northwest. Wildlife enthusiasts are drawn to Zambia by its unrivalled walking safaris; the Bradt guide shows where to go for this and all other activities. www.africaguide.com /country/zambia/index.htm   (310 words)

Zambia travel guide - Wikitravel Zambia's main international gateway is Lusaka, which has direct flights to London on British Airways and good regional connections. Zambia is landlocked but borders on Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika, and there are regular international ferry services across the lake a few times a week. In practice, yellow fever is not a problem in Zambia anymore, except perhaps in the extreme west along the Congolese borders. wikitravel.org /en/Zambia   (4898 words)

Lusaka Area, Zambia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) This is the central province of Zambia, which makes it naturally the most densely populated and the most tribally diverse region. Urban Lusaka is the centre of this province and the capital city of Zambia. Though it has received a major facelift in the past few years, it is not the cleanest city in the world. www.go2africa.com /Zambia/lusaka-region/lusaka-area   (193 words)

WFP - Zambia The Southern Province is the worst affected, with an estimated 60 percent of the people needing relief food. This year, large parts of the same provinces were hit by erratic rains and long dry spells at a crucial growing stage, exacerbating an already precarious situation. Zambia has one of the lowest population densities in the region, and thus distances to markets are greater than neighbouring countries. www.wfp.org /newsroom/in_depth/Africa/sa_zambia020705.htm   (970 words)

Waterfalls in Zambia In the North-Western province, 204 kms south of the Solwezi - Mwinilunga rd on the Nyambwezu River is a 20 m high waterfall. East of the Great North Rd near Kanona in Central province, in an area of spectacular scenic beauty, the Kaombe River falls 70m, breaking into thin veils of nourishing a natural botanical garden that surrounds the Falls.. Near the Chipembe pontoon in the Northern Province are a miniature Victoria Falls that nourish a small rain forest on the Kalungwishi River. www.zambiatourism.com /travel/places/waterfal.htm   (991 words)

Situation Reports: Southern Africa Humanitarian Crisis, Zambia: Cholera - DREF Bulletin no. MDRZM003, Contributions: ... On 15 October 2006, a first case was officially confirmed in Kapiri Mposhi district of the Central Province of Zambia. The population estimate of the surrounding settlements is 14,000. Highlights from the assessment report are as follows: Chienge is one of the 72 districts in Zambia, it borders the northern part of Democratic Republic of Congo (Mpweto area), and is 1,115 km north of Lusaka. www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/AMMF-6VZERY?OpenDocument   (798 words)

ang005 Angolan refugees arrive in Zambia after bombing This is a pattern being repeated in many parts of Angola; 15,000 refugees have arrived in Cuito, in the central province of Bie, in the past three weeks. The settlement covers an area of 729 square kilometers and has recently been extended by another 100 square kilometers to accommodate the new arrivals who are allocated a plot of land as well as farming tools and seeds. Zambia is now hosting more than 220,000 refugees in total, most of them from Angola. www.afrol.com /News/ang005_refugees_zambia.htm   (439 words)

MSF-USA: Zambia Information Page Zambia is a very poor country: an estimated 86% of its more than 10 million people live below the poverty line. Approximately 200 kilometers north of the capital city of Lusaka, MSF is working in Kapiri town, Central province, home to around 225,000 people. In Zambia, people living with AIDS are becoming more active, carrying out education activities and coming in increasing numbers to participate in the MSF program. www.doctorswithoutborders.org /news/zambia.cfm   (649 words)

Zambia map and information page Once known as Northern Rhodesia, (Zimbabwe, its neighbor to the south, was called Southern Rodesia) Zambia was controlled by the South Africa Company from 1891 until its takeover by the UK in 1923. Zambia is famous for the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls, the later of which was named by David Livingstone, a Scottish explorer, and the first European to see the falls. Relative Location Located south of the Equator, Zambia is in both the eastern and southern hemispheres. www.graphicmaps.com /webimage/countrys/africa/zm.htm   (777 words)

Zambia Zambia had been heralded as a model for democracy in Africa after a peaceful transfer of power in November 1991, when the MMD and its leader Frederick Chiluba gained a landslide victory over President Kenneth Kaunda and his UNIP party. Free political activity in Zambia was further restricted in 1973, when the constitution was amended to increase the powers of the president and to introduce a one-party state. The chairperson of the Zambia Civic Education Association, Lucy Sichone, claims her Association has established that Chinula was taken to Malawi without immigration formalities being completed and that the Ministry of Home Affairs in Lilongwe (Malawi) holds documentary proof that Chinula is a Zambian. hrw.org /reports/1996/Zambia.htm   (17898 words)

AIDS/Zambia Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) To determine whether genital ulcerative diseases and an intact foreskin independently increase the risk of acquiring HIV-1 (male circumcision in Zambia is practised only in the northwestern part of the country by a group that comprises about 2 per cent of the total population of Zambia). It is the foremost risk factor for mid-trimester abortions, still births, prematurity and morbidity and mortality among infants born with congenital syphilis in Zambia. The results indicate that partner notification could function better in Zambia since the patients know the majority of their partners and also stated a willingness to bring more of their partners than were told to. www.medguide.org.zm /aidsbibl/std.htm   (4086 words)

CAT Report - Zambia (2001) 25.       Because of the dualistic approach adopted by Zambia in the implementation of international treaties and conventions, the provisions contained in the Convention cannot be enforced in the domestic courts unless the Convention is domesticated and incorporated into national legislation. 26.       The Judicature of the Republic of Zambia is established by article 91 of the Constitution of Zambia and consists of, inter alia:  the Supreme Court of Zambia; the High Court of Zambia; the subordinate courts; and the local courts. 46.       The Constitution of Zambia does not recognize one’s right to seek asylum.  Nor does the Constitution or other subsidiary legislation provide expressly for the principle of non‑refoulement.  Zambia is, however, a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol though their provisions have not been incorporated into domestic legislation. www.law.wits.ac.za /humanrts/cat/zambia2001.html   (8469 words)

"); NewWindow.document.write("PlusNews"); NewWindow.document.write(" The Community Responses to HIV/AIDS (CRAIDS), a component of the Zambia National Response to HIV/AIDS, recently launched a primary healthcare project for prisoners to tackle the pandemic at the Mukobeko Maximum Prisons in Kabwe, the administrative capital of Zambia's Central Province, about 150 km north of the capital, Lusaka. Central province CRAIDS regional facilitator Julius Kampamba said, "Denying access to such measures for people in prisons places them at increased HIV infection, and those living with HIV/AIDS at increased risk of health decline and coinfection with TB, and death". Kamfinsa Prison [in Kitwe, Copperbelt Province,] is an example of this cooperation, where TB patients and those chronically ill are isolated," said Silwamba. www.plusnews.org /AIDSreport.asp?ReportID=5200   (928 words)

The Annotated Ramsar List: Zambia Zambia presently has 3 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance, with a surface area of 593,000 hectares. Fishing is the major economic activity, with the site supplying fish to three provinces (Lusaka, Central and Copperbelt) with a population of 6.1 million. The swamps are an important source of reed material for basketry, and act as a sediment trap and a trap for metals from the copperbelt of Zambia. www.ramsar.org /profile/profiles_zambia.htm   (426 words)

Ethnologue report for Zambia The number of languages listed for Zambia is 43. [lam] 214,000 in Zambia (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk). With Ila it predominates in the south, Southern and Western provinces. www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Zambia   (1177 words)

African Home Gardens Lusaka In the case of Zambia, it is not the most vulnerable households which practise dry-season cultivation but rather those which have access to the resources essential for this activity. During 1992 and 1993 a research project on homegardening was carried out in Zambia's capital Lusaka, in periurban areas of Lusaka and rural areas of Zambia. The main objective of the household garden survey was to clarify the role of household gardens for household food security in Zambia and to identify differences and problems in management strategies and their effects on production in the different areas (with respect to urban microfarming see Drescher 1996a). www.cityfarmer.org /axelA.html   (4530 words)

World Music Central - Zambia Roadside — Music from Southern Province Zambia Roadside is a compilation of Tonga music recorded as recently as August 2002. What this collection provides is a contemporary insight into the sounds of ordinary Southern Province musicians, sounds not readily available to us overseas as they do not fall into easily definable commercial categories. There is an abundance of styles and line-ups on Zambia Roadside, ranging from the one-man-and-his-guitar combo of Short Mazabuka, to the full-bodied, xylophone accompanied Mukuni Palace Women’s Choir. www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php/20030625093629937   (349 words)

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