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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Zambia
| When did Zambia became the official name for this country? | Zambia Trivia
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| What is the name of the river in the western part of Zambia? | Zambia Trivia
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| What is the name of the big lake in the northern part of Zambia? | Zambia Trivia
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| The Luapola River marks the border between Zambia and which country? | Zambia
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Zaire. You have to cross the River Zambesi to get to Angola, Namibia and Botswana. The Luapola is a tributary of the River Congo and it marks the border with Zaire.
| The River Zambesi marks the southern border of Zambia. Into which ocean does it flow? | Zambia
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Indian Ocean. Zambia marks the watershed; rivers that rise in Zambia can flow into either the Atlantic or Indian Oceans. The Zambesi flows into the Indian Ocean, where it has its own species of shark.
| In 1970 a new railway was opened to connect Zambia with the ocean. Where is this harbour? | Zambia
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Dar es Salaam - Tanzania. The Benguela Railway connected Zambia to Lobito in 1928.
Beira was the original harbour that allowed rail access to the Rhodesias, whilst Nacala provides a rail link to Malawi. The link to Dar Es Salaam opened the door for China to invest in Africa.
| Copper is one of Zambia's exports. One of copper's ores is malachite. What colour is malachite? | Zambia
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Green. These are the colours of the Zambian Flag: green represents the land; black the people, Orange its mineral wealth,whilst red is the struggle for freedom.
Malachite is green, and is often used in jewelry.
| The Zambesi Sawmills Railway helped exploit the forests of the Mulobezi area. Where did it link to the Zambian Rail Network? | Zambia
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Livingstone. The junction was in Livingstone. David Shepherd, the artist, made a documentary about saving stock from this logging railway called "Last Train to Mulobezi". A coach is in the NRM, and locos can be found in Bristol & the Bulowayo Museum. The Zambian Railway Museum in Livingstone, used the ZSR as a basis for its collection.
| Victoria Falls or Mosi oa Tunya, was created by the Zambesi eroding back through a basalt outcrop. How many previous "Victoria Falls" have there been? | Zambia
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6 (six). There have been six previous falls, the current one is the seventh. These have created the zig-zagging of the gorge.This is best seen from the air. If you look at the falls you can see where the eighth is starting.
| David Livingstone is buried in St Paul's Cathedral London. Where is his heart buried? | Zambia
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Chitambo. Umbopa and Umslopogas, travelled with Allan Quatermain in Rider Haggard's novels, "Allan Quatermain" and "King Solomon's Mines". The Courtneys are a family in the Wilbur Smith sagas. Livingstone died on the night of 30th April 1873. The town was named after the chief of the village where he died.
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