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From Lusaka International Airport to north end of Cairo Road , Lusaka City Center
Lusaka
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Corné Krige
Cornelius Petrus Johannes "Corné" Krige (born 21 March 1975 in Lusaka, Zambia) was a South African rugby union footballer, now retired, who played flanker for Western Province in the Currie Cup, the Stormers in Super Rugby and captained the South African national side, the Springboks.
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George Gregan
George Waitoa Gregan AM (born 19 April 1973 in Lusaka, Zambia) is an Australian rugby union halfback who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history. He has captained the team to many victories and he is respected throughout the rugby world for his tenacity, tactical skill, leadership ability, and sportsmanship. Regrettably he is known in Australia for his mean spirited nature and was considered by some a selfish player who put his career before the interests of his teams.
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George Kunda
George Kunda (born February 26, 1956 in Luanshya) is a Zambian politician. The son of a miner, he is the current Vice-President of Zambia, in which capacity he has served since 2008. He serves under president Rupiah Banda. George is currently in hospital for undisclosed ailment. The GRZ chief government spokesperson, Dora Siliya, is not revealing the nature of the ailment and the severity of the condition.
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Levy Mwanawasa
Levy Patrick Mwanawasa (September 3, 1948 – August 19, 2008) was the third President of Zambia. He ruled the country from January 2002 until his death in August 2008. He is credited for having initiated a campaign to rid the country of corruption. Prior to his election, Mwanawasa served as vice president from 1991 to 1994 whilst as an elected Member of Parliament for Chifubu Constituency.
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Michael Sata
Michael Chilufya Sata (born 1937) is a Zambian politician, the former chief executive of the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) and a close partner of former President Frederick Chiluba. As leader of the opposition Patriotic Front (PF), Sata, popularly known as "King Cobra", emerged as the leading opposition presidential contender and rival to incumbent President Levy Mwanawasa in the 2006 presidential election, but was defeated by Mwanawasa, according to official results. He ran again as the PF candidate in the October 2008 presidential election, but was narrowly defeated by Rupiah Banda according to official results.
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Rupiah Banda
Rupiah Bwezani Banda (born 13 February 1937) is a Zambian politician who has been the fourth President of Zambia since 2008.
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Baobab College
Baobab College is an independent day and boarding school, situated a short drive outside of Lusaka, Zambia.
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Cairo Road
Cairo Road is the main thoroughfare of Lusaka, Zambia and the principal business, retail and services centre of the city. It was a section of the Great North Road and was so named because it is a link in Cecil Rhodes' then dream of a Cape to Cairo Road through British colonies in Africa.
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Cork City
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Dushanbe
Dushanbe (, Dushanbe; Dyushambe until 1929, Stalinabad until 1961), population 679,400 people (2008 est.), is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. Dushanbe means "Monday" in Tajik, and the name reflects the fact that the city grew on the site of a village that originally was a popular Monday marketplace.
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Great East Road
The Great East Road is a major road in Zambia and the only highway linking its Eastern Province with the rest of the country. It is also the major link between Zambia and Malawi and between Zambia and northern Mozambique. However, the route does not carry as much traffic as many of the other regional arterial roads and between the main cities it serves, Lusaka and Chipata, it passes through rural and wilderness areas. In Lusaka the road forms the main arterial road for the eastern suburbs.
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Izhevsk
Izhevsk (, — — from 1984 to 1987: Ustinov, , after Dmitry Ustinov) is the capital city of the Udmurt Republic, Russia, located on the Izh River in the Western Urals area. It is served by Izhevsk Airport.
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Kitwe
Kitwe is the second largest city in terms of size and population in Zambia. With a population of 547,700 (2007 census) Kitwe is one of the most developed commercial and industrial areas in the nation, alongside Ndola and Lusaka. With a complex of mines on its north-western and western edges.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; , Spanish for "The Angels") is the second most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of California and the western United States, with a population of 3.83 million within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Los Angeles extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 14.8 million and it is the 14th largest urban area in the world, affording it megacity status. The metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is home to nearly 12.9 million residents while the broader Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) contains nearly 17.8 million people. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most multicultural counties in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos" ().
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Lusaka Province
Lusaka Province is one of Zambia's nine provinces. The provincial capital is Lusaka, which is also the national capital.
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Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a territory in south central Africa, formed in 1911. It became independent in 1964 as Zambia.
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (, , , ), described as the Republic of Ireland (), is a state in northwest Europe with a population of almost 4.5 million people. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional republic occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned into two jurisdictions in 1921. It is bordered to the northeast by Northern Ireland, which is a part of the United Kingdom, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Irish Sea to the east, St George's Channel to the southeast, and the Celtic Sea to the south.
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Russia
Russia (; ), also officially known as the Russian Federation (), is a state in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the United States by the Bering Strait. At , Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 9 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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Siavonga
Siavonga is a town in the Southern Province of Zambia, lying on the north shore of Lake Kariba. It is Zambia's principal tourism centre for the lake, with accommodation, boating and fishing tours on offer.
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Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa. Since its independence and the institution of a majority African government, the area has been re-named Zimbabwe.
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Tajikistan
Tajikistan ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Tajikistan (, Jumhurii Tojikiston; , Respublika Tadzhikistan; Jomhuri-ye Tajikestan), is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east. Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan and the Gilgit-Baltistan region, separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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University of Zambia
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Zambia
The Republic of Zambia () is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west. The capital city is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of the country. The population is concentrated mainly around the Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt to the northwest.
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Lusaka - Zambia
We take a drive around Lusaka the capital and largest city in Zambia. Music: Jason Shaw - Navajo Night Thank you to Jason Shaw for the royalty free music. audionautix.com http Video taken using a Sony HDR-SR12 Handycam.
Downtown Lusaka
Driving down Cairo Road and turning onto Independence Avenue. A nice, warm day in January with people walking everywhere.
World Vision #1: Blabs goes to Africa
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Arcades Shopping Mall Lusaka Zambia
Short drive in area around Arcades Shopping Mall at Corner Thabo Mbeki Road and Great East Road, Lusaka Zambia
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9th AGOA TO BE HELD IN LUSAKA
9th AGOA conference to be held in Lusaka Zambia. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton to attend.
Zambia: Lusaka as featured on 'The Chinese are coming'
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This is a small excerpt of program aired on BBC2 on the 8th of February 2011.
Funeral procession of former president Chiluba - Lusaka
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A video of the funeral procession of the former president of Zambia, Frederick Chiluba. Lusaka, Zambia. 25 June 2011
Mary Aikenhead Community School, Kabwata, Lusaka .video
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A voluntary funded school, run by the Sisters of Charity, for Aids related orphans (girls) and also girls who would be seen to be 'vulnerable'.
89 and ThE HooD BoyZ - Upgraded our game live performance at lusaka play house
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It was one of my best performance though the mics weren't working properly and the sound was drowned. It was major fun... Oh ya, watch closely. Look out for the shortest rapper on stage in a white T-Shirt, you wont believe what happen to him during the performance!
1987 Zambia Lusaka, Derby, 2aug, The Jury
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Jury of Lusaka International Jumping.
Southern End of Cairo Road Lusaka Zambia
Driving in Lusaka 01
The University of Zambia Main Campus Lusaka Zambia
Quick drive around a section of the University of Zambia Main Campus in Lusaka
Volunteer Abroad Zambia Lusaka Medical, Orphanage, Law Human Rights Program with Abroaderview.org
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Volunteer Abroad Zambia Lusaka Medical, Orphanage, Law Human Rights Program with Abroaderview.org
MUVI TV - Lusaka Blocks Report
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Lusaka Times
A little taste of our city....
"Lusaka -- Trying to break out of this 2 star" Travelbud's photos around Lusaka, Zambia
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Preview of Travelbud's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Lusaka, Zambia Entry Title: "Lusaka -- Trying to break out of this 2 star" Entry: "Zambia is a great country and the people are awesome but Lusaka, as a city in Africa, is pretty much a dump. Nothing much worth noting happens in this town besides a few annual events and Liberty's awesome new development. It is the capital of Zambia, the heart of the country so it is needed but really is nothing pretty to look at and not more than a stopover and a place to have an office if you want to do business in the country. I landed in a rainy and fairly temperate 23deg C Lusaka. While organising my local sim at the MTN counter I met a fellow South African who seems to travel more than me. Serema Tshesane heads up the sales for bluefish technologies -- a company that supplies most major African cellular companies with their simcard's. We shared a taxi to town and I headed straight to the stanbic offices to meet the team and catch up on emails. It poured with rain all afternoon and this made the potholes almost impossible to negotiate. 24 hours earlier I had been on the beach in Mauritius and now i'm dodging litter and potholes in Lusaka -- suppose that is the medley of scenes that this continent can throw at you. I am staying at Cha Cha lodge, I have stayed here previously before our trip in 2008 to <b>...</b>
Bridges of Peace and Hope Photos of Lusaka and Mukwashi School Day 1
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Bridges of Peace and Hope Mukwashi School photos from Day 1 showing living conditions around Lusaka and children at the school singing and having fun plus photos of school buildings and grounds
"I am Africa. This is my story..." Lusaka Zambia Student 1.mp4
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"I am Africa. This is my story..." Contest Video March16th 2011 Lusaka High School Video produced by Jeffret Kanguma's Class and Richard Close Contest sponsored by UNESCO Power of Peace Network and Managed by Chrysalis Campaign, Inc. To enter contest and acquire training materials go to i-am-the-story.ning.com. Please donate to Lusaka HS at end of video
Cairo Road Lusaka Zambia
Driving through Cairo Road, Lusaka Zambia from south-end to Church Road around business district under construction
philomela female choir visits lusaka - Mobile.m4v
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philomela in concert @AISL, 26TH APRIL
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View of Lusaka from Room 918 of the Taz Pamodzi Hotel in Lusaka
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Lusaka International Airport.
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Lusaka - Manda Hill Shopping Centre
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Lusaka National Museum.
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Zambia Supreme Court.
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Mark Ravalo Manana, Prime Minster of Madagascar, arrives at the 27th Southern African development Community, SADC, Heads of State meeting in Lusaka, Zambia,
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Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa at the swearing in ceremony in Lusaka, Zambia, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006.
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Former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba leaves the Lusaka Magistrates court Thursday Oct. 16, 2003.
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Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa at a news conference in Lusaka, Zambia, Wednesday Aug. 3, 2005.
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Zambian President Frederick Chiluba at a news conference in Lusaka Wednesday December 31, 1997.
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Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa was sworn in for a second five-year term in a ceremony in Lusaka
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An elderly Zambian woman casts her vote at a school in Lusaka, Zambia, Thursday Oct. 30, 2008. Zambians are electing a replacement for their president who died in office.
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The Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari shaking hands with the President of Zambia, Mr. Rupiah Bwezani Bonda, during a meeting, in Lusaka on January 06, 2010.
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Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata speaks on the telephont in his downtown Lusaka office
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Former Zambian President, Frederick Chiluba, front, and his wife Regina, second from right, leaves the court in Lusaka, Tuesday Dec. 9, 2003.
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Zambia's ruling party agents celebrate during the announcement of the results at Mulungushi International Center in Lusaka, Zambia
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Pallbearers carry the coffin of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa at his funeral in Lusaka, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Mwanawasa died Aug. 19 in the French military hospital where he had been treated since suffering a stro
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South Africa's President Kgalema Motlanthe looks on during the swearing in ceremony of Zambia's President Rupiah Banda, unseen, in Lusaka, Zambia
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Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa at a news conference in Lusaka, Zambia, Wednesday Aug. 3, 2005. Mwanawas said that British citizen Haroon Rashid Aswat, who is suspected of having links to Osama bin Laden, would be deported to Brit
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The Vice President, Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari being received by the first Independence President of Zambia, Mr. Dr. Kenneth David Kunda, in Lusaka, Zambia on January 07, 2010.
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Zambia's Patriotic Front (PF) presidential candidate Michael Sata, center, speaks to journalists after casting his vote in Lusaka, Zambia, Thursday Oct. 30, 2008. Zambians elected a replacement for their president who died in offic
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato (R) shakes hands with The Republic of Zambia’s President H.E. Levy Patric Mwanawasa (L) after a meeting held at the Zambian State House, Lusaka, Zambia, March 16, 2006.
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Lusaka, Zambia, 9th September: The UN Secretary General´s Special Envoy, James Morris, met the Zambian Vice-President and key government ministers to discuss closer co-operation with UN agencies to t K2u
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Girl in a small village on the road between the town Kafue in the south and the capital city Lusaka – Zambia
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Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa, left, welcomes his counterpart President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, right, at the Mulungushi International Conference Center in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday April 12, 2008
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U.S. first lady Laura Bush, left, with Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa, center, and his wife Maureen, right, at the Zambian State House in Lusaka, Thursday, June 28, 2007
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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, centre right, unveils the plaque, during her visit to the newly opened University Teaching Hospital Pediatric Centre of Excellence, in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, June 11, 2011.
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Lusaka, Zambia, 9th September: James Morris met youngsters eating lunch at the Fountain of Hope drop-in-centre for orphans and street children. Besides food (mainly from WFP) the centre provides 700 K2u
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Zambia's opposition Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata is seen after submitting his nomination papers for the Sept. 28 general elections in Lusaka, Zambia, Friday, Aug. 11, 2006. Sata, a populist former minister, is seen as one of the main rivals to Zambia's President Levy Mwanawa
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Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa during the swearing ceremony in Lusaka, Zambia, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. Mwanawasa was sworn in for a second five-year term Tuesday after a bitter campaign and violent reaction to earlier indications he was winning. A main challenger cried fraud but later said he would not contest the resul
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Lusaka
| Official name | Lusaka |
|---|---|
| Settlement type | City |
| Dot x | |dot_y = |
| Pushpin map | Zambia |
| Pushpin label position | |
| Pushpin map caption | Location of Lusaka in Zambia |
| Coordinates display | inline,title |
| Coordinates region | ZM |
| Subdivision type | Country |
| Subdivision name | Zambia |
| Subdivision type1 | Province |
| Subdivision name1 | Lusaka |
| Leader title | Mayor of Lusaka|Mayor |
| Leader name | Robert Chikwelete |
| Established title | Established |
| Established date | 1905 |
| Established title2 | |
| Established title3 | City status |
| Established date3 | August 25, 1960 |
| Area magnitude | 1 E9 |
| Unit pref | = |
| Area total km2 | 70 |
| Area land km2 | |
| Population as of | 2010 |
| Population total | 1,742,979 |
| Timezone | SAST |
| Utc offset | +2 |
| Elevation footnotes | |
| Elevation m | 1300 |
| Elevation ft | 4265 |
| Postal code type | |
| Area code | (1) |
| Currency | Zambian Kwacha (ZMK) |
| Website | http://www.lcc.gov.zm |
Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia. It is located in the southern part of the central plateau, at an elevation of about 1,300 metres (4,265 feet). It has a population of about 1.7 million (2010 census). It is a commercial centre as well as the centre of government, and the four main highways of Zambia heads north, south, east and west from it. The two main languages spoken in Lusaka are English and Nyanja (a Bantu language). English is the official language.
Government and administration
As national capital, Lusaka is the seat of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government, epitomized by the presence of the National Assembly (parliament), the State House (office of the President), and the High Court. The Parliament is situated at the Parliament complex, which features a 15-story building. The city is also the capital of Lusaka Province, the smallest and second most populous of the country's nine provinces, and forms an administrative district run by Lusaka City Council. In 2007, the mayor was Steven Chilatu (PF), and the deputy Mayor was Mary Phiri.List of mayors:
History
Lusaka was the site of a village named after its headman Lusakasa, which, according to history, was located at Manda Hill, near where the Zambia's National Assembly building now stands. In the Nyanja language, Manda means graveyard. The area was expanded by European (mainly British) settlers in 1905 with the building of the railway.In 1935, due to its fairly central location, its situation on the railway and at the crossroads of the Great North Road and Great East Road, it was chosen to replace Livingstone as the capital of the British colony of Northern Rhodesia.
After the federation of Northern and Southern Rhodesia in 1953, it was a centre of the independence movement amongst some of the educated elite that led to the creation of the Republic of Zambia. In 1964, Lusaka became the capital of the newly independent Zambia.
In recent years, Lusaka has become a popular urban settlement for Zambians and tourists alike. Its central nature and fast growing infrastructure sector has increased donor confidence and as such Zambians are seeing signs of development in the form of job creation, housing, etc. Consequently, it is thought that with proper and effective economic reforms, Lusaka as well as Zambia as a whole will develop considerably. Lusaka is home to a diverse community of foreigners, many of whom work in the aid industry as well as diplomats, representatives of religious organizations and some business people.
Education
Lusaka has some of the finest schools in Zambia, including the International School of Lusaka, Rhodes park school, Lusaka International Community School, French International School, Italian international School, Lusaka Islamic Cultural and Educational Foundation (LICEF), Chinese International School, Baobab College and American International School. Rhodes Park School is not an international school, though there is a large presence of Angolans, Nigerians, Congolese, South Africans, and Chinese. The late President, Levy Mwanawasa's and Vice-President George Kunda's children also attend at Rhodes park School.
Points of interest
Attractions include Lusaka National Museum, the Political Museum, the Zintu Community Museum, the Freedom Statue, the Zambian National Assembly, the Agricultural Society Showgrounds (known for their annual agricultural show), the Moore Pottery Factory, the Lusaka Playhouse theatre, a cinema, the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in , a cenotaph, a golf club, the Lusaka Central Sports Club, and the zoo and botanical gardens of the Munda Wanga Environmental Park. The city is also home to the University of Zambia. Along Great East Road are the two largest shopping malls in Zambia, Arcades shopping mall (with open-air storefronts) and Manda Hill shopping mall (enclosed shops), which was recently revamped and is home to international stores such as Shoprite, Game and Woolworths, a new movie theater and boasts of the first KFC in the country.
The city centre includes several blocks west of Cairo Road, around which lie the New City Market and Kamwala Market, a major shopping area, as well as the Zintu Community Museum. Further east lies the government area, including the State House and the various ministries, around the Cathedral Hill and Ridgeway areas. One of the main streets and points of interest upon business is the street of Cairo Road.
According to former mayor Richard Sampson
Notable residents
The rugby union players Corné Krige and George Gregan, who respectively captained the and teams in both the 2002 and 2003 Tri Nations Series, were coincidentally born in the same hospital in Lusaka. Krige's parents still live in Zambia.
Suburbs
Suburbs around Lusaka include Handsworth Park, Sunningdale, Kabulonga, Woodlands, Jesmondine, Acacia, Northmead, Olympia Park, Roma, Kalundu, Chelston, Avondale, Rhodes Park, Prospect Hill, Longacres, Fairview, Chainama Hills, State Lodge, Makeni, Emmasdale, Leopards Hill, New Kasama, Chalala, Ibex Hill, Mass Media, Libala, Marshlands, Manda Hill, Chainda, Chudleigh, Kamwala South, Kamwala, Mwembeshi, Barlastone, Foxdale, Madras, NIPA, Mapepe, Lilayi, PHI, Nyumba Yanga, Olympia Extension, Chilenje, Thorn Park, Twinpalm, Villa Elizabetha. Other residential areas are Kabwata (a working class area, home to the Kabwata Cultural Centre), Misisi, Madras, Ziwa Zakho, Shang'ombo, Kwa Shadreck, Matero, Mtendendere, Chaisa, Chawama, John Laing, Kalingalinga, Kwa George, Chipata Compound, Ng'ombe, Lilanda, Mandevu, Garden Compound, Bauleni, Helen Kaunda, Kaunda Square (stage one and stage two), and Chilanga (Lusaka), Zambia.
Climate
Primarily due to its high altitude, Lusaka features a humid subtropical climate. Its coldest month, July, has a monthly average temperature of 16°C, a couple of degrees shy of what would constitute a tropical climate, specifically a tropical savanna climate. Lusaka features a relatively warm climate, typically with warm (but not hot) summers and very mild “winters”. The city’s warmest month, October, sees monthly average high temperatures at around 25°C. Lusaka features a wet season and a dry season with the dry season predominating the year, lasting from April through October.
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External links
Category:Lusaka Province Category:Provincial capitals in Zambia Category:Capitals in Africa Category:Populated places in Zambia Category:Populated places established in 1905
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