Zambia, dzina lonse la Republic of Zambia, lili ndi malo okwana ma 750,000 kilomita, ambiri mwa iwo ndi ochokera kudera lamapiri. Dziko lopanda nthaka lomwe lili kumwera chapakati ku Africa. Ili m'malire ndi Tanzania kumpoto chakum'mawa, Malawi kum'mawa, Mozambique kumwera chakum'mawa, Zimbabwe, Botswana ndi Namibia kumwera, Angola kumadzulo, ndi Congo (Golden) ndi Tanzania kumpoto. Madera ambiri m'derali ndi mapiri okwera mamita 1000-1500, ndipo malowa nthawi zambiri amakhala otsetsereka kuchokera kumpoto chakum'mawa mpaka kumwera chakumadzulo. Dera lonseli lidagawika magawo asanu kutengera geomorphology: Great Rift Valley kumpoto chakum'mawa, Plateau ya Katanga kumpoto, Kalahari Basin kumwera chakumadzulo, Luangwa-Malawi Plateau kumwera chakum'mawa ndi Mtsinje wa Luangwa pakati dera. Phiri la Mafinga kumalire akumpoto chakum'mawa ndi 2,164 mita pamwamba pa nyanja, malo okwera kwambiri mdzikolo. Mtsinje wa Zambezi umadutsa kumadzulo ndi kumwera, ndipo pali mathithi otchuka a Mosi Otunya (Victoria Falls) pamtsinjewo. Mtsinje wa Luapula womwe uli kumtunda kwa Mtsinje wa Congo (Mtsinje wa Zaire) umayambira m'derali. Nyengo yotentha yam'malo otentha imagawika magawo atatu: ozizira komanso owuma (Meyi-Ogasiti), otentha ndi owuma (Seputembara-Novembala) komanso ofunda ndi onyowa (Disembala-Epulo).

Dzikoli lagawidwa m'zigawo 9 ndi zigawo 68. Mayina a zigawo: Luapula, North, Northwest, Copper Belt, Central, East, West, South, Lusaka.

Kuzungulira zaka za zana la 16, mafuko ena amtundu wachilankhulo cha Bantu adayamba kukhazikika m'derali. Kuchokera m'zaka za zana la 16th mpaka zaka za 19th, maufumu a Ronda, Kaloro, ndi Baroz adakhazikitsidwa m'derali. Kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 18, atsamunda achi Portuguese ndi aku Britain adalowerera wina ndi mnzake. Mu 1911, atsamunda aku Britain adatcha malowa "Northern Rhodesia Land Protected" ndipo anali pansi paulamuliro wa "Britain South Africa Company". Mu 1924, Britain idatumiza kazembe kuti akawongolere. Pa Seputembara 3, 1953, United Kingdom mokakamiza idalumikiza Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, ndi Nyasaland (tsopano Malawi) kukhala "Central African Federation". Chifukwa chotsutsa kwa anthu amayiko atatuwa, "Central African Federation" idathetsedwa mu Disembala 1963. Mu Januwale 1964, Northern Rhodesia idakhazikitsa boma lodziyimira palokha.United National Independence Party idakhazikitsa "boma lodziyimira lokha". Pa Okutobala 24 chaka chomwecho, idalengeza ufulu wake. Dzikolo lidatchedwa Republic of Zambia, koma lidakhalabe ku Commonwealth, Kaun Daren Purezidenti. Mu Ogasiti 1973, lamulo latsopano lidaperekedwa, kulengeza kulowa kwa Zan ku Second Republic.

Mbendera yadziko: Ndi yaying'ono yamakona anayi ndi kutalika kwa kutalika kwake kwa 3: 2. Pamwamba pa mbendera pamakhala chobiliwira. Mzere wozungulira womwe uli kumanja kumanja uli ndi mizere itatu yofanana, yofiira, ndi lalanje. Green imayimira zinthu zachilengedwe mdziko muno, zofiira zikuyimira kulimbana ndi ufulu, zakuda zimaimira aku Zambia, ndipo lalanje likuyimira miyala yamchere yadzikolo. Chiwombankhanga chouluka chikuyimira ufulu ndi ufulu waku Zambia.

Zambia ili ndi anthu 10.55 miliyoni (2005). Ambiri mwa iwo ndi azilankhulo zakuda za Bantu. Pali mitundu 73. Chilankhulo chachikulu ndi Chingerezi, ndipo pali zilankhulo 31 zadziko. Mwa iwo, 30% amakhulupirira Chikhristu ndi Chikatolika, ndipo ambiri akumidzi amakhulupirira zipembedzo zoyambirira.

Zambia ndi yolemera zachilengedwe, makamaka mkuwa, yokhala ndi nkhokwe zosungika zopitilira matani 900 miliyoni. Ndi yachinayi yopanga mkuwa padziko lonse lapansi ndipo imadziwika kuti "dziko la migodi yamkuwa." Kuphatikiza pa mkuwa, pali mchere monga cobalt, lead, cadmium, nickel, chitsulo, golide, siliva, zinc, malata, uranium, emeralds, makhiristo, vanadium, graphite, ndi mica. Pakati pawo, cobalt, monga mchere wothandizana naye, ili ndi matani pafupifupi 350,000, okhala wachiwiri padziko lapansi. Zambia ili ndi mitsinje yambiri komanso mphamvu zamagetsi zamagetsi zambiri. Mphamvu yamagetsi imapanga 99% yamagetsi okwanira mdzikolo. Mtengo wofikira nkhalango mdziko lonse ndi 45%.

Migodi, ulimi ndi zokopa alendo ndi mizati itatu yazachuma ku Zambia. Thupi lalikulu lazamalonda ndi migodi yamkuwa ndi cobalt komanso kusungunuka kwa mkuwa ndi cobalt. Mkuwa ndiwofunika kwambiri pachuma ku Zambia, ndipo 80% ya ndalama zakunja zimachokera kugulitsa zamkuwa. Mtengo wakulima umakhala pafupifupi 15.3% ya GDP yaku Zambia, ndipo anthu olima amawerengera pafupifupi theka la anthu onse.

Zambia ili ndi zinthu zambiri zokopa alendo. Mtsinje wa Zambezi, womwe ndi mtsinje wachinayi waukulu kwambiri ku Africa, umadutsa magawo atatu a Zambia, ndipo umapanga mathithi otchuka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi a Victoria Falls pamphambano ya Zambia ndi Zimbabwe. Zambia ilinso ndi mapaki 19 amtundu wa safari ndi madera 32 oyang'anira kusaka.