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Lusaka , city (1990 est. pop. 982,400), alt. 4,200 ft (1,280 m), capital of Zambia, S central Zambia. A sprawling city located in a productive farm area, Lusaka is an administrative, financial, and commercial center. Manufactures include foodstuffs, beverages, clothing, and cement (made from limestone quarried nearby). The city is at the junction of the Great North Road (to Tanzania) and the Great East Road (to Malawi) and is on Zambia's main railroad. The Great Uhuru (Tanzam or Tazara) Railway connects Lusaka and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, providing Zambia access to the ocean. Lusaka was founded... Read more

Lusaka
Lusaka Capital and largest city of Zambia, in the s central part of the country, at an altitude of 1280m (4200ft). Founded by Europeans...lead-mining, it replaced Livingstone as the capital of Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia) in 1935. A vital road and rail junction, Lusaka is the centre of a fertile agricultural ... Read more

Lusaka
Lusaka, Zambia Lusakas Village The area was settled at the end of the 19th century by the Lenje...afterwards and serious development began in 1905. Centrally located, Lusaka became the capital of Northern Rhodesia in 1935 and of Zambia on independence... Read more

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	InterContinental Lusaka Welcomes New Leader to the Team ; ...General Manager of the InterContinental Lusaka. The hospitality professional, with more...at the long-standing InterContinental Lusaka, which is a true landmark of the Zambian...this exciting and challenging new role in Lusaka. It is wonderful to be stationed at the... Read more
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	Lusaka to Have Better Water Supply ; The Zambian capital Lusaka is to have a better water supply with the completion of phase one of the Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) infrastructure...there was water suspension here and there in Lusaka. "With the ADB and other projects, there... Read more
	Vendors bite the dust in Lusaka ; ...order has been restored on the streets of Lusaka, the Zambian capital, and several other...streets of the commercial heartland of Lusaka. The paramilitary police armed with rifles...issued, and that is what we are enforcing." Lusaka City Council spokesman Daniel Musoka told... Read more
	UNDP Helps Lusaka Improve Basic Services ; ...UNDP) and the Irish Aid will provide Lusaka with a total of 1.368 million U.S. Dollars to help the capital Lusaka improve its basic services. Under the...Most of the Zambian cities especially Lusaka have failed to cope with the growing... Read more
	Dual needs: contraceptive and sexually transmitted infection protection in Lusaka, Zambia.(Statistical Data Included) ; CONTEXT: Lusaka, Zambia, has both a high prevalence of...public-sector family planning clinics in Lusaka are used to measure the readiness of these...reproductive age was 26%, and it reached 35% in Lusaka, the capital. (7) Family planning clinic... Read more
	Lusaka City Council Ordered to Collect Garbage ; The Lusaka provincial authorities today ordered the Lusaka City Council to clear garbage uncollected due to the strike of the council's workers from the city within 48 hours. Lusaka Provincial Deputy Minister Sonny Mulenga said here today... Read more
	Air Namibia Takes Over Lusaka-London Route ; Air Namibia has started operating the Lusaka-London Heathrow via Windhoek route after...manager for commercial services, said in Lusaka Wednesday that the airlines commernces...times within the next forty five days. The Lusaka-London route was initially offered to... Read more
	Lusaka City Council Urged to Improve Road ; ...Frederick Chiluba Thursday called upon the Lusaka City Council LCC) to put the roads under...said here at the hand-over ceremony of a Lusaka road rehabilitation project. The first...accelerated urban roads rehabilitation of Lusaka priority roads covers 54.2 kilometers... Read more
	Congo region diplomats agree Lusaka accord is way to peace.(The Washington Times Forum: Congo) ; ...implementing an agreement signed last July in Lusaka, Zambia. The 19-month-old conflict has...deputies pledged their support for the Lusaka accords. The agreement calls for a permanent...called for strict implementation of the Lusaka accords. As far as we are concerned, the... Read more

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