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Zambia

Capital: Lusaka

  • Zambia has about 242 mammal species and roughly 490 known fish species in 24 families.
  • The Zambezi and Kafue basin covers about three-quarters of the country, and the Congo basin about one-quarter.
  • Zambia's highest point is Mafinga Central, at 2,339 metres (7,674 feet).
  • David Livingstone named Victoria Falls after Queen Victoria, and the falls sit on the Zambezi River.

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