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'''Lusaka''' is the capital and largest city of [[Zambia]]. One of the fastest-developing cities in Southern Africa, Lusaka is located in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about 1,279 metres (4,195 feet). {{As of|2010}}, the city's population is about 1.7 million, while as the urban population is  2.4 million. Lusaka is the centre of both commerce and government in Zambia and connects to the country's four main highways heading [[Great North Road, Zambia|north]], [[Livingstone Road|south]], [[Great East Road|east]] and [[Great West Road, Zambia|west]]. English is the official language of the city, but [[Chewa language|Nyanja]] and [[Bemba language|Bemba]] are also common.

==Government and administration==
[[File:Zambia Supreme Court.JPG|thumb|Supreme Court of Zambia]]
[[File:Freedom_Statue.jpg|thumb|Freedom statue]]
As national capital, Lusaka is the seat of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government, epitomized by the presence of the National Assembly (parliament), the State House (office of the President), and the High Court. The Parliament is situated at the Parliament complex, which features a 15-story building. The city is also the capital of [[Lusaka Province]], the smallest and most populous of the country's nine provinces, and forms an [[Districts of Zambia|administrative district]] run by Lusaka City Council. In 2007, the mayor was Steven Chilatu ([[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|PF]]), and the deputy mayor was Mary Phiri.

List of mayors:<ref name = "lusaakas">So this was Lusaakas, 2nd Edition, 1971 Mission Press, Ndola, Richard Sampson</ref>
* F. Payne 1954–5
* H.K.Mitchell 1955–6
* Ralph Rich 1956–7
* H.F. Tunaley 1957–8
* H.K. Mitchell 1958–60
* Jack Fischer 1960–1
* Richard Sampson 1962–3
* S.H. Chilesh 1964–5
* W. Banda 1965–9
* Fleefort Chirwa 1969–71?<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GVsDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA6 |title=Los Angeles honors mayor of sister city in Africa |date=10 August 1972 |work=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref>
* Dr. Simon C. Mwewa up to 1982
List of Governors (decentralisation – one party participatory era)
* Dr. Simon C. Mwewa 1982 to 1983
* Donald C. Sadoki
* [[Michael Sata]]
* [[Rupiah Banda]]
* Bautius Kapulu
* Lt. Muyoba – up to 1991
List of Mayors – Multi-Party Era
* John Chilambwe 1993–1994
* Fisho Mwale  1994–1996
* Gilbert R. Zimba Local Government Administrator – 1996–1999
* Patricia Nawa
* Patrick Kangwa
* John Kabungo
* Levy Mkandawire
* Stephen Mposha
* Christine Nakazwe
* Stephen Chilatu
* Robert Chikwelete
* Daniel Chisenga
* Mulenga Sata

==History==
Lusaka was the site of a village named after its headman Lusaka, which, according to history, was located at Manda Hill, near where the Zambia's National Assembly building now stands. In the [[Chichewa|Nyanja]] language, ''Manda'' means graveyard. The area was expanded by European (mainly British) settlers in 1905 with the building of the railway.

In 1935, due to its fairly central location, its situation on the railway and at the crossroads of the [[Great North Road, Zambia|Great North Road]] and [[Great East Road]], it was chosen to replace [[Livingstone, Zambia|Livingstone]] as the capital of the British colony of [[Northern Rhodesia]].

After the federation of Northern and [[Southern Rhodesia]] in 1953, it was a centre of the  independence movement amongst some of the educated elite that led to the creation of the Republic of Zambia. In 1964, Lusaka became the capital of the newly independent Zambia.

In recent years, Lusaka has become a popular urban settlement for Zambians and tourists alike. Its central nature and fast growing infrastructure sector have increased donor confidence and as such Zambians are seeing signs of development in the form of job creation, housing, etc.  Consequently, it is thought that with proper and effective economic reforms, Lusaka as well as Zambia as a whole will develop considerably. Lusaka is home to a diverse community of foreign nationals, many of whom work in the aid industry as well as diplomats, representatives of religious organizations and some business people.

==Education==
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Zicht op de University of Zambia in Lusaka TMnr 20014745.jpg|thumb|University of Zambia campus]]
Zambia's highest institution of learning, the [[University of Zambia]], is based in Lusaka.
Lusaka has some of the finest schools in Zambia, including the American International School of Lusaka [https://www.aislusaka.org], [http://www.islzambia.org International School of Lusaka], [[Rhodes Park School]], the Lusaka International Community School, the French International School, the Italian international School, the [http://www.licefschool.org Lusaka Islamic Cultural and Educational Foundation (LICEF)], the Chinese International School, and [[Baobab College]].  Rhodes Park School is not an international school, though there is a large presence of Angolans, Nigerians, Congolese, South Africans, and Chinese. The children of the late President, [[Levy Mwanawasa]] as well as the children of Vice-President [[George Kunda]], attend the Rhodes Park School.

==Points of interest==
Attractions include [[Lusaka National Museum]], the Political Museum, the Zintu Community Museum, the Freedom Statue, the Zambian National Assembly, the Agricultural Society Showgrounds (known for their annual agricultural show), the Moore Pottery Factory, the Lusaka Playhouse [[theatre]], a [[Movie theater|cinema]], the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka, a [[cenotaph]], a [[country club|golf club]], the Lusaka Central Sports Club, and the [[zoo]] and [[botanical gardens]] of the Munda Wanga Environmental Park.  The city is also home to the [[University of Zambia]]. Along Great East Road are the two of the first large shopping malls in Zambia, Arcades shopping mall (with open-air storefronts) and Manda Hill shopping mall (enclosed shops), which was recently revamped and is home to international stores such as Shoprite, Game and Woolworths, a new movie theater and boasts of the first KFC in the country.
[[File:Lusaka International Airport.jpg|thumb|Lusaka International Airport, main terminal]]
The city centre includes several blocks west of [[Cairo Road]], around which lie the New City Market and Kamwala Market, a major shopping area, as well as the Zintu Community Museum.  Further east lies the government area, including the State House and the various ministries, around the Cathedral Hill and Ridgeway areas. One of the main streets and points of interest upon business is the street of Cairo Road.

[[Cairo Road]] was a section of the Great North Road and was so named because it is a link in Cecil Rhodes' then dream of a Cape to Cairo Road through British colonies in Africa.

Some buildings along Cairo Road are the Findeco House (25 floors), Central Bank Building, Indeco House (19 floors), Zambia National Building Society Headquarters (20 floors), Old Zambia Lotto Head Office, Zambia National Commercial Bank (21 floors), Barclays Bank Zambia Head Office, Stanbic Bank Zambia Headquarters, Investrust Bank (18 floors).

==Transport==

===Airport===

Lusaka is home to [[Kenneth Kaunda International Airport]] (which is used for both civil and military operations), and it lies on the [[railway line]] from [[Livingstone, Zambia|Livingstone]] to [[Kitwe]]. There is also [[Lusaka City Airport]], which is used by the [[Zambian Air Force]].

===Bus===
Bus services to towns surrounding Lusaka, such as [[Siavonga]] and [[Chirundu, Zambia|Chirundu]], use the Lusaka City Market Bus and the inter-city bus terminus station and the city bus station (Kulima Towers Station).

===Public Transport===

Intracity public transport is provided primarily by minibuses, but also includes larger buses and shared taxis on fixed routes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://travelwanderings.com/public-transportation/|title=Can You Do It? Using Public Transportation in Lusaka Zambia|date=5 September 2013|work=[[Travel Wanderings]] |accessdate=26 May 2014}}</ref> Vehicles on most routes travel between specific parts of the city and the four terminals in the central business district (referred to as "Town"): Kulima Tower, City Market, Millennium and Lumumba.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zipar.org.zm/documents/Making%20Public%20Transport%20in%20Lusaka%20City%20more%20Efficient%20and%20Effective.pdf/|title=Making Public Transport in Lusaka City More Efficient and Effective|date=December 2013 |publisher = [[Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis & Research]] |accessdate=10 March 2014}}</ref> There is no official map of public transport routes in Lusaka, but an initiative to create a user-generated content map was begun in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lusakapublictransportmap.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/and-we-have-a-map/|title=And We Have a Map!|date=10 March 2014 |work=[[Lusaka Public Transport Map: A User-Generated Mapping Project]]|accessdate=26 May 2014}}</ref> All public transport vehicles in Lusaka are operated by private operators.

==Sport infrastructure==
[[File:Inauguration of Edgar Lungu.jpg|thumb|[[National Heroes Stadium]].]]
As the hosts of the 2012 Zone VI Games and the capital city of Zambia, Lusaka boasts a lot of sport infrastructure, including Nkholoma Stadium, [[Sunset Stadium]], the Olympic Youth Development Centre, the Lusaka Golf Club and many other places. There is also an ultra-modern 60,000 seat stadium that is being built by [[China]], named the [[National Heroes Stadium]] in memory of those 1993 Chipolopolo football players that died in a plane crash in the Atlantic ocean on the coast of Gabon. The stadium was completed by the end of 2013 and among them hosted an international friendly match between Zambia and Sudan, the Zambia's 50th Year Golden Jubilee Celebrations and a Requiem Mass for the late President of Zambia - His Excellency Mr. [[Michael Sata]] whose main celebrant was Most Rev. Telesphore George Mpundu, Archbishop of Lusaka and current ZEC President

==Twin towns – Sister cities==
Lusaka is twinned with:
* Dushanbe, Tajikistan, since 1966
* Beirut, Lebanon,  (2018)
* Los Angeles, United States,  since 1968
* Izhevsk, Russia.<ref>[http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=navclient&hl=en&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eizh%2eru%2f]</ref>

==Notable residents==
The rugby union players [[Corné Krige]] and [[George Gregan]], who respectively captained the {{nrut|South Africa}}n and {{nrut|Australia}}n teams in both the [[2002 Tri Nations Series|2002]] and [[2002 Tri Nations Series|2003]] [[Tri Nations Series]], were coincidentally born in the same hospital in Lusaka.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgegregan.com/george/ggprofile.html |title=George Gregan - Player Profile |publisher=Georgegregan.com |date= |accessdate=2008-11-13}}</ref><ref name="Courageous">[http://www.thegoal.com/players/rugby/krige_corne/captain.html "Captain Courageous: Corné Krige"], ''TheGoal.com'', retrieved 26 June 2006.</ref><ref name="SA World Cup 2003">[http://sport.guardian.co.uk/rugbyworldcup2003/story/0,,1054302,00.html "Rugby Union World Cup Special Reports: South Africa"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 6 October 2003.</ref> Krige's parents still live in Zambia. Beatmaker Kunal Kulkarni lives here.

[[Amy Holmes]] (born in 1973 in Lusaka) is a news anchor on [[Glenn Beck]]'s [[TheBlaze]]. She used to be an independent political contributor for CNN and has appeared on Fox News.

Lusaka is the hometown and current place of residence of [[Joseph and Luka Banda]], the first ever [[conjoined twins]] to be successfully separated and in full neurological health.<ref name=Terris13Nov>{{cite news|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/rweb/life/the-story-of-the-surgery-that-made-ben-carson-famous--and-its-complicated-aftermath/2015/11/13/15b5f900-88c1-11e5-be39-0034bb576eee_story.html|title=The Story of the Surgery that made Ben Carson Famous|first1=Ben|last1=Terris|first2=Stephanie|last2=Kirchner|date=November 13, 2015|accessdate=November 14, 2015}}</ref>

==Suburbs==

Suburbs around Lusaka include Makeni Konga, Handsworth Park, Sunningdale, Kabulonga, Meanwood (Ndeke Village), Woodlands, Jesmondine, Acacia, Northmead, Olympia Park, Chilanga, Roma, Kalundu, Chelston, Avondale, Rhodes Park, Prospect Hill, Longacres, Fairview, State Lodge, Makeni, Emmasdale, Leopards Hill, New Kasama, Ibex Hill, Kabwata (a [[working class]] area, home to the Kabwata Cultural Centre), Madras, Mass Media, Libala, Marshlands, Manda Hill, Chainda, Chudleigh, Kamwala, Kamwala South, Mwembeshi, Barlastone Park, Foxdale, Madras, NIPA, Mapepe, Lilayi, [[Presidential Housing Initiative]] (PHI) (originally named as the Bennie Mwiinga Housing Complex), Nyumba Yanga, Olympia Extension, Thorn Park, Twinpalm, Villa Elizabetha and newly created areas such Chalala which comprises Hill View area, Rock field and Bedrock which is also called woodlands chalala with prominent residents such as Kashiwa Bulaya living there.

Other residential areas and [[slums]]  are Misisi, Chawama, Ziwa Zakho, Kazionele, Izani Muone, Zingalume, Shang'ombo, Shadreck, Matero, [[Mtendere]], Chaisa, Chawama, John Laing, [[Kalingalinga]], George compound, Chipata Compound, Ng'ombe, Lilanda, Chunga, Mandevu, Garden Compound, Bauleni, and Helen Kaunda, Kaunda Square (stage one and stage two).

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==Climate==
Primarily due to its high altitude, Lusaka features a [[humid subtropical climate]] (Cwa) according to [[Köppen climate classification]]. Its coolest month, July, has a monthly mean temperature of {{convert|14.9|°C}}. Lusaka features hot summers and warm winters, with cold conditions mainly restricted to nights in June and July. The hottest month is October, which sees daily average high temperatures at around {{convert|32|°C}}. There are two main seasons: a [[wet season]] and a [[dry season]] with the dry season lasting around half the year, lasting from April to October.

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|Jan record high C = 39.6
|Feb record high C = 36.4
|Mar record high C = 33.6
|Apr record high C = 33
|May record high C = 32
|Jun record high C = 29.9
|Jul record high C = 29.7
|Aug record high C = 33.5
|Sep record high C = 38.5
|Oct record high C = 37.2
|Nov record high C = 38.6
|Dec record high C = 33.9
|year record high C = 39.6

|Jan high C = 27.4
|Feb high C = 27.4
|Mar high C = 27.5
|Apr high C = 27.1
|May high C = 25.8
|Jun high C = 23.8
|Jul high C = 24
|Aug high C = 26.5
|Sep high C = 30.3
|Oct high C = 31.7
|Nov high C = 30.4
|Dec high C = 27.7
|year high C = 27.5

|Jan mean C = 21.5
|Feb mean C = 21.5
|Mar mean C = 21.1
|Apr mean C = 19.9
|May mean C = 17.4
|Jun mean C = 15.2
|Jul mean C = 14.9
|Aug mean C = 17.3
|Sep mean C = 21.3
|Oct mean C = 23.5
|Nov mean C = 23.4
|Dec mean C = 21.7
|year mean C = 19.9

|Jan low C = 17.6
|Feb low C = 17.4
|Mar low C = 16.4
|Apr low C = 14
|May low C = 10.7
|Jun low C = 7.8
|Jul low C = 7.2
|Aug low C = 9.2
|Sep low C = 12.9
|Oct low C = 16.2
|Nov low C = 17.4
|Dec low C = 17.8
|year low C = 13.7

|Jan record low C = 13
|Feb record low C = 12.9
|Mar record low C = 10
|Apr record low C = 8
|May record low C = 5.4
|Jun record low C = 0.2
|Jul record low C = 0.7
|Aug record low C = 2.8
|Sep record low C = 5.8
|Oct record low C = 9
|Nov record low C = 10.8
|Dec record low C = 10.4
|year record low C = 0.2

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 245.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 185.9
|Mar precipitation mm = 95
|Apr precipitation mm = 34.7
|May precipitation mm = 3.1
|Jun precipitation mm = 0
|Jul precipitation mm = 0.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 0.4
|Sep precipitation mm = 1.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 18.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 89.3
|Dec precipitation mm = 208.1
|year precipitation mm = 882.1

|Jan humidity= 82.3
|Feb humidity= 82.5
|Mar humidity= 80.7
|Apr humidity= 75.8
|May humidity= 69.3
|Jun humidity= 65.2
|Jul humidity= 61.1
|Aug humidity= 53.6
|Sep humidity= 46.3
|Oct humidity= 48.6
|Nov humidity= 60.2
|Dec humidity= 78.6
|year humidity = 67

|unit precipitation days = 1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 18
|Feb precipitation days = 15
|Mar precipitation days = 10
|Apr precipitation days = 3
|May precipitation days = 0
|Jun precipitation days = 0
|Jul precipitation days = 0
|Aug precipitation days = 0
|Sep precipitation days = 0
|Oct precipitation days = 2
|Nov precipitation days = 8
|Dec precipitation days = 16

|Jan sun = 176.7
|Feb sun = 168
|Mar sun = 220.1
|Apr sun = 246
|May sun = 275.9
|Jun sun = 270
|Jul sun = 294.5
|Aug sun = 303.8
|Sep sun = 291
|Oct sun = 272.8
|Nov sun = 234
|Dec sun = 182.9

|source 1 = NOAA <ref name= NOAA>{{cite web
|url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-I/ZA/67665.TXT
|title = LUSAKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Climate Normals 1961-1990
|publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
|accessdate = November 6, 2012}}</ref>

|date=August 2010

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== See also ==

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Template:Lusaka}}
* [http://www.lcc.gov.zm/ Lusaka City Council]
* [http://www.zambiatourism.com/travel/cities/lusaka.htm Zambia Tourism page on Lusaka]


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[[Category:Provincial capitals in Zambia]]
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