1. Zambia
By Madelyn

2. Where Is Zambia?
Zambia is located in southern Africa, south of Angola and north of Zimbabwe.

3. Basic Information About Zambia
Total area: 752,618 sq km
Population: Around 12 million
Life Expectancy: years
Major Religious Groups: Christian (50-75%), Muslim/Hindu (24-49%), Indigenous practices (1%)
Type of government: Republic
Gross Domestic Product per Capita (GDP): $1500, ZK 7,012,500
TV Stations: 9
Military Expenditures: 1.8% of GDP

4. A Brief History of Zambia
First inhabitants were the nomadic Bushmen
The first real contact with the West was with Portuguese and Arab traders/explorers
The First Englishman to visit Zambia, then known as Northern Rhodesia was David Livingstone (pictured at left) in 1851
Livingstone named the Mosi-ao-Tunya waterfall after the queen. We now call it Victoria Falls
In 1888 Northern Rhodesia was declared an English colony
Gaining independence on 24 October 1964, its name was changed to Zambia

5. Copper Trade
For the English, the single most valuable thing that the area now known as Zambia possessed was copper. By the 1930s, Northern Rhodesia produced around 2% of the world’s copper. Around World War II, the price of copper and other metals had increased by so much that the miners demanded more money for their work. A higher pay was granted- but only for the white workers of English descent.

6. Government The formal title: The Republic of Zambia
Capital city: Lusaka
Independence Day:24 October
Suffrage: 18 years
Current President: Rupiah Banda

7. Victoria Falls
Located on the Zambezi river, between Zambia and Zimbabwe
Officially called Mosi-oa-Tunya in Zambia
Forms the largest curtain of falling water on the planet
Has a width of 1.7km and a height of 108m
Attracts millions of visitors each year

8. Victoria Falls

9. HIV/AIDS in Zambia
More the one in seven adults in Zambia is living with either HIV or AIDS
Zambia’s first AIDS case was reported in 1984
Over 600,000 children are either living with or orphaned by HIV/AIDS
In 2004, President Mwanawasa promised to provide medicine for 10,000 Zambians in need. He more than surpassed his goal, and Zambia has one of the brightest futures of any disease torn nation on the planet.

10. Citations
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.. "HIV/AIDS in Zambia." AIDS & HIV information from the AIDS charity AVERT. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb <
All photos via Wikimedia Commons