Zambia

• tropical;
• modified by altitude;
• rainy season (October to April)

• air pollution and resulting acid rain in the mineral extraction and refining region;
• poaching seriously threatens rhinoceros and elephant 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:

none of the selected agreements

0-14 years:

49% (male 2,315,739; female 2,286,829)

15-64 years:

48% (male 2,212,021; female 2,301,354) 65 years and over : 3% (male 112,134; female 121,898) (July 1997 est.)

at birth :

1.03 male(s)/female

under 15 years:

1.01 male(s)/female

15-64 years:

0.96 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.92 male(s)/female

total population:

0.98 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

total population:

35.58 years

male :

35.58 years

female:

35.59 years (1997 est.)

noun:

Zambian(s)

adjective:

Zambian

conventional long form :

Republic of Zambia

conventional short form:

Zambia

former:

Northern Rhodesia

• based on English common law and customary law;
• judicial review of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council;
• has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

chief of state:

• President Frederick CHILUBA (since 31 October 1991);
• Vice President General Godfrey MIYANDA (since NA August 1994);
• note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government

head of government:

• President Frederick CHILUBA (since 31 October 1991);
• Vice President General Godfrey MIYANDA (since NA August 1994);
• note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government

cabinet:

Cabinet appointed by the president from among the members of the National Assembly

elections:

• president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
• election last held 18 November 1996 (next to be held October 2001);
• vice president appointed by the president

election results:

Frederick CHILUBA elected president; percent of vote - Frederick CHILUBA 70%, Dean MUNGO'MBA 12%, Humphrey MULEMBA 6%, Akashambatwa LEWANIKA 4%, Chama CHAKOMBOKA 3%, others 5%

• Agenda for Zambia or AZ [Akashambatwa LEWANIKA];
• Labor Party or LP [Chibiza MFUNI];
• Liberal Progressive Front or LPF [Roger CHONGWE, president];
• Movement for Democratic Process or MDP [Chama CHAKOM BOKA];
• Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD [Frederick CHILUBA];
• National Lima Party or NLP [Guy SCOTT and Ben KAPITA];
• National Party or NP [Humphrey MULEMBIA];
• United National Independence Party or UNIP [Kenneth KAUNDA];
• Zambia Democratic Congress or ZADACO [Dean MUNG'OMBA]

chief of mission:

Ambassador Dunstan Weston KAMANA

chancery:

2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone:

[1] (202) 265-9717 through 9719

chief of mission:

Ambassador Arlene RENDER

embassy:

corner of Independence Avenue and United Nations Avenue, Lusaka

mailing address:

P. O. Box 31617, Lusaka

telephone:

[260] (1) 250-955, 252-230

• corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca);
• cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, beef, pork, poultry meat, milk, eggs, hides

total value :

$975 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)

commodities:

copper, zinc, cobalt, lead, tobacco

partners:

EU countries, Japan, South Africa, US, Saudi Arabia, India, Thailand, Malaysia

total value:

$990 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)

commodities:

machinery, transportation equipment, foodstuffs, fuels, petroleum products, electricity, miscellaneous manufactured goods

partners:

South Africa, EU countries, Japan, Saudi Arabia, US

total:

2,164 km (1995)

narrow gauge:

2,164 km 1.067-m gauge (13 km double track)

note: the total includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and New Kapiri Mposhi where it connects to the Zambia Railways system; TAZARA is not a part of Zambia Railways

total:

37,359 km

paved:

6,575 km (including 56 km of expressways)

unpaved:

30,784 km (1993 est.)

• quadripoint with Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe is in disagreement;
• Democratic Republic of the Congo-Tanzania-Zambia tripoint in Lake Tanganyika may no longer be indefinite since it has been informally reported that the indefinite section of the Democratic Republic of the Congo-Zambia boundary has been settled