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Capital of Zambia from 1964 (of Northern Rhodesia 1935-64), 370 km/230 mi northeast of Livingstone; population (1995 est) 1,317,000. With good communications by rail, road, and air, and with hydroelectricity from the Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River, it is Zambia's chief centre of trade, industry, banking, and administration, as well as a manufacturing and agricultural centre. Industries include chemicals (including insecticides and fertilizers), flour mills, tobacco factories, electronic equipment, motor vehicle assembly, plastics, printing, cement, iron and steel, food processing, paints, plastics, furniture, and clothing.

Lusaka was founded in 1905 by European settlers who named it after a local African leader. Lusaka replaced Livingstone as capital of Northern Rhodesia in 1935.

The cathedral dates from 1957 and the University of Zambia from 1965. Other important educational and cultural institutions include the National Institute of Public Administration (1963), the Evelyn Hone College of Applied Arts and Commerce (1963), the Geological Survey Museum, and the National Archives.



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