Zambia
 Key facts
POPULATION: Census 2000: 9,885,591
AREA: 752,612 sq km
CAPITAL: Lusaka
CURRENCY: Zambian kwacha (ZMK)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION TO GDP: 28%
HEAD OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT: President Rupiah Banda
FORM OF GOVERNMENT: democratic republic
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM: unicameral
STATE STRUCTURE: unitary state
LANGUAGES: English (official) Nyanja, Bemba, Lunda, Tonga, Lozi, Luvale, Kaonde (recognised)
NATIONAL ELECTIONS: last: 2006; turnout: 70.8%; next: 2011
LOCAL ELECTIONS: last: 2006; next: -
Summary
Zambia is a democratic republic with two spheres of government, national and local. There is constitutional provision for local government and the main governing legislation includes the Local Government Act 1991 and the Local Government Elections Act 1992. The 73 local authorities are overseen by the Ministry of Local Government and Housing and consist of four city councils, 14 municipal councils and 55 district councils. There are also nine provinces that are purely administrative.
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