06/10/2025
LUSAKA ZAMBIA🇿🇲
BACKGROUND
The name Lusaka comes from Lusaaka, a Soli headman who settled the area where the modern city now stands. The settlement expanded around 1905 as a water stop on a railway line, and in 1935 it became the capital of the Northern Rhodesia colony.
LANGUAGE
The census indicates that Zambia's most widely spoken languages are Bemba (spoken by 35% of the population), Nyanja or Chewa (20%), Tonga (12%), and Lozi (6%). An urban variety of Nyanja (Chewa) is the lingua franca of the capital, Lusaka, used for communication between speakers of different languages.
The population of Lusaka is estimated to be 3 million as of the 2022 census.
DISTRICTS
Lusaka Province is divided into six districts: Chilanga District, Chongwe District, Kafue District, Luangwa District, Lusaka, and Rufunsa District.
FACTS
- Lusaka is both Zambia's capital and largest city.
The city boasts more than 58 shopping malls and 78 supermarkets.
- Lusaka is Zambia's smallest but most populated province.
- It serves as a crucial transport hub, connecting to the four main national highways and home to the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport.
- Key institutions found in Lusaka include the University of Zambia (UNZA), the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), and the National Assembly Building, and it is home to government ministries and is the seat of all diplomatic missions to Zambia.
- The city is home to some of Zambia's best musicians, actors, and entertainers.
FINDECO
Zambia's tallest building! Findeco House in Lusaka rises 90 meters high with 23 floors and has been the tallest in the country since the 1970s! A bold symbol of Zambia's post-independence ambition, this iconic tower still dominates Lusaka's skyline to this day.
By Wilmore Haatembo Junior
