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General Information
Lusaka
Tel: +260-211-1253934
Fax: +260-211-1254661
Ministry of Local Government and Housing
Church Rd.
P O Box 34204
Lusaka
Tel: +260-211-250528
Fax: +260-211-250860
Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development
Government Complex
P O Box 31969
Lusaka
Tel: +260-211-250174
Fax: +260-211-250860
Ministry of Science, Technical Education and
Vocational Training
Los Angeles Boulevard
P O Box 50464
Lusaka
Tel: +260-211-252411
Ministry of Sports, Youth and Child Development
Memaco House (4th Floor), Sapele Rd.
Lusaka
Tel: +260-211-227168
Fax: +260-211-223996
Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Natural
Resources
Kwache House, Cairo Rd.
P O Box 34011
Lusaka
Telephone: +260-211-223931
Fax: +260-211-223930
Ministry of Works and Supply
Independence Ave. (Ridgeway)
PO Box 50236
Lusaka
Tel: +260-1-252366
Fax: +260-1-251840
The new Chirundu Border crossing with Zimbabwe.
Victoria Falls during the high season
GEOGRAPHY
Zambia takes its name from the Zambezi River,
which rises in the northwest corner of the country and
forms its southern boundary. The landlocked country
lies between latitudes 10º and 18º South and longi-
tudes 22º and 33º east.
Its neighbours are: the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC) to the north and northwest, Tanzania
to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to
the southeast, Zimbabwe to the south, Botswana and
Namibia to the southwest and Angola to the west.
Zambia’s 752,000 square kilometres makes is ap-
proximately the size of France, the Netherlands,
Belgium and Switzerland combined. The land itself
for the most part consists of a high plateau, with an
average height of between 1,060 and 1,363 metres
above sea level. Isolated mountain ridges rise to
more than 1,829 metres with several peaks rising
above 2,133 metres on the eastern border, called the
Nyika Plateau. Over most of the country the surface
tends to be flat, broken by small hills, the result of
years of erosion of the underlying crystalline rocks.
These rocks contain the bulk of the country’s mineral
wealth within and outside of the 145 km long corridor
known as the Copperbelt.
The lay of the land falls southward from the DRC
/ Zambezi divide in the north towards the Zambezi
River depression in the South. The huge valleys of
the Upper Zambezi, and its major tributaries form the
most significant breaks in the plateau. One result of
the plateau formation of Africa is the swift discharge
of water towards the coast and the interruption
of rivers by waterfalls and rapids. The waterfalls
and rapids, which make such rivers and streams
of little value for transport, have made such rivers
and streams, extremely suitable for hydroelectric
schemes and adventure activities such as white wa-
ter rafting adventures.