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Die Republik Sambia
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One Zambia, One Nation
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Sambia [ˈzambi̯a] (Republic of Zambia [ˈzæmbɪə]) – vormals Nordrhodesien – ist eine Republik im südlichen Afrika. Sie grenzt an Angola, die Demokratische Republik Kongo, Tansania, Malawi, Mosambik, Simbabwe, Botsuana und Namibia. Ihr Name leitet sich vom Fluss Sambesi ab. |
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Amtliche Kurzform:
Sambia
Name in Landessprache:
Kurzform:
Vollform:
Republic of Zambia
Das Land wurde nach dem Fluß Sambesi benannt.
Name in
Englisch: Zambia
Ehemaliger Name: Nordrhodesien
Staatsangehörige: Sambier, Sambierin
Adjektiv: sambisch
Nationalfeiertag:
24.
Oktober
Unabhängigkeitstag (24.10.1964)
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Amtssprache(n): Englisch
Weitere Sprachen: Bemba, Tonga, Nyanja
Hauptstadt: Lusaka
Unabhängigkeit: 24. 10. 1964 (ehem. britisches Protektorat Nordrhodesien)
Staatsgebiet:
CIA Background-Info
The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the [British] South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964. In the 1980s and 1990s, declining copper prices and a prolonged drought hurt the economy. Elections in 1991 brought an end to one-party rule, but the subsequent vote in 1996 saw blatant harassment of opposition parties. The election in 2001 was marked by administrative problems with three parties filing a legal petition challenging the election of ruling party candidate Levy MWANAWASA. The new president launched an anticorruption task force in 2002, but the government has yet to make a prosecution. The Zambian leader was reelected in 2006 in an election that was deemed free and fair. |
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