Zambia - Atlas of our Changing Environment

ZAMBIA - ATLAS OF OUR CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

The Republic of Zambia lies south of the equator, in

the heart of Southern Africa and shares its borders

with eight states: Angola, Botswana, Democratic

Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia,

Tanzania and Zimbabwe (FAO, 2001). The country has

a total area of 752,614 sq kilometres of which 11,890

sq kilometres is covered by rivers and lakes. Zambia

Figure 1.1 Location of Zambia in Africa

Natural Earth, 2011 accessed online

Background

AT L A N T I C O C E A N

Mediterranean

Sea

Red

Sea

I N D I A N O C E A N

CHAD

NIGER

MALI

NIGERIA

DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC

OF CONGO

NAMIBIA

SOUTH AFRICA

BOTSWANA

ZIMBABWE

MOZAMBIQUE

TANZANIA

KENYA

ETHIOPIA

ERITREA

CENTRAL AFRICAN

REPUBLIC

CONGO

GABON

CAMEROON

EQ. GUINEA

BENIN

TOGO

GHANA

CÔTE

D’IVOIRE

BURKINA

FASO

SENEGAL

GUINEA

LIBERIA

UGANDA

RWANDA

ZAMBIA

MALAWI

ALGERIA

LIBYA

MOROCCO

Western Sahara

EGYPT

SUDAN

MAURITANIA

ANGOLA

SOMALIA

MADAGASCAR

Somaliland

SOUTH

SUDAN

SIERRA LEONE

GUINEA-

BISSAU

GAMBIA

BURUNDI

DJIBOUTI

LESOTHO

SWAZILAND

Elevation

Metres

200

-200

-1 000

-2 000

-3 000

-4 000

-5 000

-6 000

500

1 000

1 500

2 000

3 000

Source: Natural Earth 2011, accessed online

is divided into ten administrative provinces: Central,

Copperbelt, Lusaka,Western, Luapula, Muchinga,

Northern, North-Western, Eastern and Southern as

shown in Figure 1.2 (Central Statistics Office, 2012).

The provinces are in turn subdivided into districts.

Zambia’s major cities are Lusaka, the country’s capital,

Ndola, Kitwe and Livingstone.