GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

COUNTRY CAPITALS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is the capital of “Zambia"?
A
Lusaka
B
San Jose
C
Porto-Novo
D
Zambia City
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lusaka, city, capital of Zambia. It is situated in the south-central part of the country on a limestone plateau 4, 198 feet (1, 280 metres) above sea level.

Detailed explanation-2: -Monuments and national symbols in Lusaka include the National Museum, government buildings around the CBD, the African Freedom statue and a memorial to the victims of the 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash, located at the National Heroes Stadium.

Detailed explanation-3: -Zambia is a large, landlocked, resource-rich country, with sparsely populated land, in the center of Southern Africa. It shares its border with eight countries (Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe) that serve as an expanded market for its goods.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lusaka was expanded in 1905 by European settlers, at the site of a village named after the village headman Lusaaka. Due to its central location in the country, in 1935 it replaced Livingstone as the capital of the British colony Northern Rhodesia.

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