Flag Description

green field 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; 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

Background:The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the [British] South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964. In the 1980s and 1990s, declining copper prices, economic mismanagement and a prolonged drought hurt the economy. Elections in 1991 brought an end to one-party rule, but the subsequent vote in 1996 saw blatant harassment of opposition parties. The election in 2001 was marked by administrative problems with three parties filing a legal petition challenging the election of ruling party candidate Levy MWANAWASA. MWANAWASA was reelected in 2006 in an election that was deemed free and fair. Upon his abrupt death in August 2008, he was succeeded by his vice president, Rupiah BANDA, who subsequently won a special presidential by-election in October 2008. Michael SATA was elected president in September 2011.

Total Area: 752,618 sq km

Land Area:743,398 sq km

Water Area:9,220 sq km

Land Boundries Total:6,043.1 km

Border Countries:Angola 1,065 km, Botswana 0.1 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,332 km, Malawi 847 km, Mozambique 439 km, Namibia 244 km, Tanzania 353 km, Zimbabwe 763 km

Coastline:0 km (landlocked)

Lowest Point:Zambezi river 329 m

Highest Point:unnamed elevation in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m

Population:14638505

Population Growth Rate:2.88% (2014 est.)

Religion:Protestant 75.3%, Roman Catholic 20.2%, other 2.7% (includes Muslim Buddhist, Hindu, and Baha'i), none 1.8% (2010 est.)

Literacy(%):0.614

Literacy(%) Male:0.719

Literacy(%) Female:51.8% (2007 est.)

Independence Day:24 October 1964 (from the UK)

National Holiday:Independence Day, 24 October (1964)

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