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About Zambia
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| Important
Information |
| Name: |
Republic of Zambia |
| Conventional
short form: |
Zambia |
| Former: |
Northern Rhodesia |
| Capital: |
Lusaka |
| Administrative
Divisions: |
9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka,
Northern, North-Western, Southern and Western |
| Independence: |
24 October 1964 (from UK) |
| Legal
System: |
Based on English common law and customary law; judicial review
of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitional council; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Total
Area: |
752,610 sq km |
| Land
Area: |
740,720 sq km |
| Boundaries: |
Total 5,664 km - Angola 1,110 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique
419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, DR Congo 1,930 km,
Zimbabwe 797 km |
| Population: |
9,188,190 (based on the 1980 Census) |
| Government: |
Chief
of State and Head of Government:
President
Levy P. Mwanawasa
Vice
President Hon. Enock Kavindele |
| Election
last held: |
November 18, 1996 |
| Cabinet: |
Cabinet,
appointed by the President from Members of National Assembly |
| Legislative
Branch: |
Unicameral |
| National
Assembly: |
Elections last held: 27
December 2001 (next to be held in 2006) |
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