Area: 290,585 square miles
Capital: Lusaka
Ethnicity: African 99.5% (includes Bemba, Tonga, Chewa, Lozi, Nsenga, Tumbuka, Ngoni, Lala, Kaonde, Lunda, and other African groups), other 0.5% (includes Europeans, Asians, and Americans)
Location: Zambia is bordered by Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia.
Languages:English is the official language; Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga, Lozi, Lunda, Kaonde, and Luvale are also spoken.
Population: 11,862,740
Religions: Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
Geography: Near the southern edges of the country, where the plateaus dip down towards lakes and river valleys, are the three major rivers that flow into Victoria Falls. To the north and the west, the plateaus descend into vast floodplains.
Time Zone: Zambia is on Central Africa Time, six hours ahead of U.S. EST. When it is 6am in New York, it is noon in Lusaka.