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Republic of area 752,600 sq km/290,579 sq
mi capital Lusaka towns Kitwe, Ndola, Kabwe,
Chipata, Livingstone physical a forested
plateau cut through by rivers features
Zambezi River, Kariba Dam head of state and
government Kenneth Kaunda from 1964
government system one-party socialist
republic political parties United National
Independence Party (UNIP), African socialist
exports copper, emeralds, tobacco currency
kwacha (40.50 = 1 Mar 1989) population (1989)
7,770,000; annual growth rate 3.3% life
expectancy men 50, women 53 language English
(official); the majority speak Bantu
languages religion mainly animist, 21% Roman
Catholic, also Protestant, Hindu, and Muslim
minorities literacy 84% male/67% female (1985
est) GNP $2.6 bn (1984); $570 per head of
population chronology 1964 Achieved full
independence, within the Commonwealth, as the
Republic of Zambia with Kenneth Kaunda as
president. 1972 United Independence Party
(UNIP) declared the only legal party. 1976
Support for the Patriotic Front in Rhodesia
declared. 1980 Unsuccessful coup against
President Kaunda. 1985 Kaunda elected chair
of the Front Line States. 1987 Kaunda elected
chair of the Organization of African Unity
(OAU). 1988 Kaunda re-elected unopposed for
sixth term.