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Background: 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.
Borders: Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,930 km,
Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338
km, Zimbabwe 797 km
Population: 11,668,460
GDP per capita: $623.05 per capita
Capital with population: Lusaka - 1,391,000
Largest city with population: Lusaka - 1,391,000
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