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Formerly the British colony of Northern Rhodesia, Zambia has no access to the sea but many lakes. The Zambezi flows through the western part of the country. Countries neighbouring Zambia are: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia.
Zambia by RailA line from Zimbabwe runs to Maramba, Lusaka, and Ndola; connecting with Zaïre. The Benguela Railway goes to the Atlantic coast of Angola. The Tazara Railway, connecting Lusaka with Dar es-Salaam, in Tanzania, was built to provide the country with an alternative outlet during Angola's civil war. Zambia by RoadThe main towns of Zambia are connected by sealed road, but many rural roads become impassable during the rainy season. Zambia by AirAirlines and Airports: Weather in ZambiaView a graphical weather forecast for the week ahead in places around Zambia. Kasama Weather, Livingstone Weather, Lusaka Weather, Mongu Weather. The Shona Bantu arrived in the area in the 12th century. The Karanga clan of the Shona later established the great empire of the Mwene Mutapa. The Lunda and Lozi, from the Congo, moved in to the northern plains and upper Zambezi area during the 17th and 18th centuries. In the next century, the Kololo, fleeing the Zulu crushing in South Africa, moved northwards and established a brief dominance over much of central and northern Zambia, before the Lozi imposed themselves again. Chief Lewanika was the Lozi ruler when the British came to Barotseland. The discovery of copper in the north led to the extension of the railway in the late 1920s. The official language of Zambia is English, although more than 70 of the African languages are spoken in the country; principally Bemba, Lozi, Luvale, Tonga, and Nyanja. Located in south central Zambia, the capital of Zambia lies on a plateau at an altitude of 1,300m, giving it a pleasant temperate climate. Lusaka was named after a local African leader, when founded in 1905 by European settlers. In 1935 it replaced Livingstone as the capital of the British dependency of Northern Rhodesia, and became the capital of independent Zambia in 1964. A railway connects Lusaka with Livingstone; for a visit to Victoria Falls. Also called Mosi-Oa-Tunya, smoke that thunders, you can visit the thunderous spray of water from Livingstone, on Zambia's southern border with north-western Zimbabwe. The fourth longest river in Africa rises in north-western Zambia. It flows through eastern Angola, and returns to traverse western Zambia; forming a border with north- eastern Botswana and northern Zimbabwe -- where it drops more than 120 metres as the Victoria Falls. The Zambezi empties into the Indian Ocean through the Mozambique Channel. Bradt
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