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 * Zambia** is a landlocked, fertile and mineral-rich country on the Southern African plateau. It is bordered by: (clockwise from the north) the United Republic of Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia (via the Caprivi Strip), Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. **//Area://** 752,614 sq km
 * //Population://** 11,922,000 (2007); 36% lives in urban areas and 13% in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million people – due to early growth of the copper mines, Zambia has one of Africa’s largest urban populations: about one-fifth of the population lives in the Copperbelt; growth 3.2% p.a. 1970–90 and 2.3% p.a. 1990–2004; birth rate (2005) 41 per 1,000 people (51 in 1970); life expectancy 38 years, having fallen below the 1970 level of 46 years, due to AIDS. At independence in 1964, life expectancy was 42 years.
 * Archaeological** findings at Kabwe indicate that Zambia was inhabited around 10,000 BC. More complete records date from the arrival of the Luba and Lunda peoples during the 14th to 15th century, from what are now the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola. The Bemba are descendants of the Luba and the Lozi of the Lunda. The Ngoni peoples came north from South Africa to eastern Zambia. David Livingstone, the British missionary and explorer, travelled through Zambia in the mid-19th century. He was followed by British settlers in the 1880s and 1890s. Arab slave-trading flourished in the territory throughout the 19th century, until it was ended by the British in 1893.

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