Lake Kariba lies on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe and has a water capacity of 180 km3.Ģ3. Zambia is part-home to the world’s largest artificial lake by volume. At 221m, Kalambo Falls is twice as high as Victoria Falls.Ģ2. Zambia is also home to the second-highest waterfall in Africa after the Tugela Falls in South Africa. – Source: National Geographic A man jumps into the Devil’s Pool (Shutterstock)Ģ1. At first glance, the pool looks extremely dangerous but due to an underwater lip, it’s actually quite safe. The Victoria Falls are home to the Devil’s Pool, a natural pool that can be safely swum in during the dry season. In 2019, the Victoria Falls diminished to just a trickle of water following the worst drought in the region for a century.Ģ0. They are known locally by the Kalolo-Lozi people as Mosi-oa-Tunya, ‘the smoke that thunders.’ġ9. The falls were named in 1855 after the British Queen Victoria, by Scottish explorer David Livingstone. Zambia shares the falls with Zimbabwe.ġ8. The falls span the entire breadth of the Zambezi River at more than 1,700m wide and drop approximately 108m. Zambia is home to the UNESCO-listed Victoria Falls – the world’s largest curtain of falling water. – Source: CIA World Fact Book Zambia’s flag (Shutterstock)ġ7. The African fish eagle depicted in the flag is also Zambia’s national symbol. The eagle symbolises freedom and the ability of the Zambian people to rise above national problems.ġ6. The green symbolises agriculture, red is for the freedom struggle, black for the African people and orange for copper. Zambia’s flag has a green background with an orange eagle and vertical stripes of red, black and orange at the fly end. Zambia is Africa’s second-largest copper producer after DR Congo and the world’s seventh-largest.ġ5. Other than English, all of Zambia’s major languages are members of the Bantu family.ġ4. It’s thought that Zambia has more than 70 languages, although many of them are considered dialects. Zambia boasts 20 national parks and reserves, 34 Game Management Areas and protects over 30% of its land. – Source: National Geographic A leopard in Zambia (Shutterstock)ġ2. In Zambia, it’s possible to see the celebrated ‘big five’ game animals of lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and buffalo. As such, Zambia ahs earned a reputation for political stability.ġ1. Unlike many of its neighbours in the region, Zambia has managed to avoid war and upheaval that has marked many African nations’ post-colonial years. Zambia’s first post-independence leader was President Kenneth Kaunda who ruled the country for 27 years from 1964 to 1991.ġ0. In 1964, Northern Rhodesia gained independence and was renamed Zambia, ending 73 years of British rule.ĩ. Rhodes and his British South Africa Company used a British mandate to lead the colonisation of Zambia and Zimbabwe during the 19th century.Ĩ. In 1889, Britain established control over Zambia calling it Northern Rhodesia after a man called Cecil Rhodes. – Source: BBC News Zambia has one of the world’s fastest-growing population (Shutterstock)ħ. Zambia has one of the world’s fastest-growing populations with the UN projecting that its population will triple by 2050 from 13 million in 2011. During the 16th Century, people from the Luba and Lunda empires of Zaire (modern-day DR Congo) set up small kingdoms in Zambia.Ħ. During the 12th Century, the Shona people arrived in the area and established the empire of the Mwene Mutapa, which included southern Zambia.ĥ. It is believed that modern humans, Homo sapiens, have inhabited the region since 20,000 BC.Ĥ. Estimated to be about 299,000 years, the skull is one of the best-preserved fossils of an ancient human species called Homo heidelbergensis.ģ. In 1921, the Broken Hill skull was discovered in Zambia. – Source: CIA World Fact Book, The TelegraphĢ. Currently, there are 45 landlocked countries and five partially recognised nations in the world.
A landlocked nation is enclosed by land with no access to the open sea. Zambia is a landlocked country located in Africa. – Source: CIA World Fact Book Interesting facts about Zambiaġ.
Major languages: English, Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga Interesting facts about Zambia include the spectacular Victoria Falls (Shutterstock) Fast facts The most interesting facts about Zambia, from the world’s largest curtain of falling water to near-blind rats that can sense magnetic fields.
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