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Zambia: Factsheet
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Country
Name: ZAMBIA
Capital: Lusaka
US
Contact:
Chancery:
2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20008
 1.202.265.9717
through 9719
 1.202.332.0826
Related
Link: http://www.africa-insites.com/zambia/
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Geography
Location:
Southern Africa, east of Angola
Total: 752,614 sq km
Land: 740,724 sq km
Water: 11,890 sq km
Geographic coordinates: 15 00 S, 30 00 E
Landlocked;
the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zimbabwe
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Population
9,770,199
(July 2001 est.)
Growth rate: 1.93% (2001 est.)
Birth rate: 41.46 births/1,000 population (2001
est.)
Death rate: 21.97 deaths/1,000 population (2001
est.)
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Climate
Tropical;
modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
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Natural
Resources/Land Use
Copper,
cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium,
hydropower
Arable
land: 7%
Permanent crops: 0%
Permanent pastures: 40%
Forests and woodland: 39%
Other: 14% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 460 sq km (1993 est.)
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Natural
Hazards/Environmental Issues
Tropical
storms (November to April).
Air pollution
and resulting acid rain in the mineral extraction and refining
region; chemical runoff into watersheds; poaching seriously
threatens rhinoceros, elephant, antelope, and large cat populations;
deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; lack of adequate
water treatment presents human health risks.
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification,
Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear
Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
Signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
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Economy
Despite
progress in privatization and budgetary reform, Zambia's economy
has a long way to go. Privatization of government-owned copper
mines relieved the government from covering mammoth losses
generated by the industry and greatly improved the chances
for copper mining to return to profitability and spur economic
growth. In late 2000, Zambia was determined to be eligible
for debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
(HIPC) initiative. Inflation and unemployment rates remain
high, but the GDP growth rate should rise in 2001.
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $8.5 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $880 (2000
est.)
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Information
Source:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
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