OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Zambia
Formerly known as Northern Rhodesia
Gained independence October of 1964
Total population approximately 12 million people
Capital: Lusaka
Population approximately 1 million people
Other Larger cities in population;
Ndola; 500,000
Livingstone; 100,000
There are 9 provinces in Zambia
Central Lusaka
Northern Eastern
Southern Western
North-Western Luapula
Copperbelt
Language:
Tribal (70+ dialects)
English
Education:
No compulsory (required) education
School is paid for through grade 7
Over 90% of children in the 7-13 age group attend school
Less than 20% enter secondary school
Only 2% enter any other form of higher education
Two main universities:
University of Zambia and Copperbelt University
Factors to consider:
Orphans usually don't attend school
HIV/Aids, effect student, parents. teachers (death)
Work Force:
Agricuture and Mining
Zambians are subsistence farmers (for survival)
average pay for a Zambian is $1.00 per day
Natural Resources:
Copper, Cobalt, Zinc, Lead, Coal, Emeralds, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Hydroelectric power
Agriculture:
Corn, Sorghum, rice, groundnuts, sunflower seeds, vegetables, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane
Coffee, and soybeans, livestock
Climate:
There are two main seasons;
The rainy season; (November to April)
The dry season; (May/June to October/November)
Population Demographics:
Zambia has the 5th highest death rate in the world (according to the CIA world factbook)
Birth rate is double the death rate
1 in 5 adults are living with Aids (ranks 11th in the world)
