Zambia
Updated: Sep 9, 2022
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Country Name
Zambia, and officially the Republic of Zambia.
Location
Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern-Central Africa. Zambia is bordered by Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Angola to the east, Namibia and Zimbabwe to the south, and Mozambique and Malawi to the east.

Capital
Lusaka.
Reason for Naming the country
The territory of what is now Zambia was known as Northern Rhodesia since 1911.
It was renamed Zambia at independence in 1964. The new name of Zambia was derived from the Zambezi river (Zambezi may mean "Grand River").