1985 Edition

Agriculture

main cash crops — coffee, palm oil, rubber, quinine; main food crops — manioc, bananas, root crops, corn; some provinces self -sufficient

main crops — corn, tobacco, cotton; net importer of most major agricultural products

Airfields

319 total, 283 usable; 26 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 65 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Branches

Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, Logistics Corps, Special Presidential Brigade

modified presidential system; unicameral legislature (National Assembly); judiciary

Budget

(1984 est.) revenues, $603 million; current expenditures, $609 million; capital expenditures, $28 million

Capital

Lusaka

Civil air

57 major transport aircraft

Communists

no Communist party, but socialist sympathizers in upper levels of government and UNIP

Elections

general election held 27 October 1983; next general election scheduled for Political parties and leaders: United National Independence Party (UNIP), Kenneth Kaunda; former opposition party banned in December 1972 when one-party state proclaimed

Electric power

2,412,000 kW capacity (1984); 4.96 billion kWh produced (1984), 154 kWh per capita

1,920,000 kW capacity (1984); 10.091 billion kWh produced (1984), 1, 539 kWh per capita

Ethnic divisions

98.7% African, 1.1% European, 0.2% other

Exports

$1.424 million (f.o.b., 1983 est.); $1.611 million (1984 est.) copper, cobalt, diamonds, petroleum, coffee

$1 ,030 million (f .o.b., 1983); copper, zinc, cobalt, lead, tobacco

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

Fishing

catch 102,415 metric tons (1980)

GDP

$3.4 billion (1981), $110 per capita; 3.0% real growth (1984 est.)

$2.9 billion (1981), $476 per capita; real growth rate, 1.8% (1981)

Government leaders

Dr. Kenneth David KAUNDA, President (since October 1964); Nalumino MUNDIA, Prime Minister (February 1981)

Highways

145,050 km total; 2,350 km bituminous, 46,230 km gravel and improved earth; remainder unimproved earth •

Imports

$ 1.041 million (f.o.b., 1983 est.); $1.130 million (1984 est.) consumer goods, foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels

$1,060 million (c.i.f., 1983); machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, fuels, manufactures

Inland waterways

comprising the Zaire, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes, the waterway system affords over 15,000 km of navigable routes

Labor force

402,000 wage earners; 375,000 Africans, 27,000 nonAfricans; 23% government and miscellaneous services, 19% construction, 15% mining, 10% manufacturing, 9% agriculture, 9% domestic service, 9% commerce, 6% transport

Land boundaries

6,003 km People

Language

English (official); about 70 indigenous languages

Legal system

based on English common law and customary law; new constitution adopted September 1973; judicial review of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council; legal education at University of Zambia in Lusaka; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Literacy

54%

Major industries

mining, mineral processing, consumer products (including textiles, footwear, and cigarettes), processed foods and beverages, cement

transport, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, and fertilizer

Major trade partners

Belgium, US, France, and West Germany

EC, Japan, China,

Member of

AfDB, APC, CIPEC, EAMA, EIB (associate), FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, ITC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OCAM, UDEAC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Economy

AfDB, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, International Lead and Zinc Study Group, INTERPOL, IPU, ITU, NAM, OAU, SADCC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Economy

Military manpower

males 15-49, 7,417,000; 3,748,000 fit for military service Livingston* Set regional map VII Land 752,614 km2; larger than Texas; 61% scattered wood and grass, 13% dense forest, 10% grazing, 6% marsh, 5% arable and under cultivation

Monetary conversion rate

37.534 zaires=US$l (August 1984)

National holiday

Independence Day, 24 October

Nationality

noun — Zambian(s); adjective — Zambian

Official name

Republic of Zambia

Organized labor

approximately 238,000 wage earners are unionized

Pipelines

refined products, 390 km

Political subdivisions

nine provinces

Population

6,770,000 (July 1985), average annual growth rate 3.2%

Ports

2 major (Matadi, Boma), 1 minor

Railroads

5,254 km total; 3,968 km 1.067meter gauge (851 km electrified), 125 km 1,000-meter gauge; 136 km 0.615-meter gauge, 1,025 km 0.600-meter gauge

Religion

50-75% Christian, 1% Muslim and Hindu, remainder indigenous beliefs

Suffrage

universal adult at age 18

Telecommunications

barely adequate wire and radio-relay service, 30,300 telephones (0.1 per 100 pop!.); 10 AM, 3 FM, 17 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station and 13 domestic satellite stations Defense Forces

Type

one-party state

Voting strength

(1983 election) 63.5% of eligible voters participated; Kaunda, who was the only candidate for President, received a 93% "yes" vote; National Assembly seats were contested by members of UNIP