Lusaka
capital of Zambia
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Summary
Lusaka is a city[1]. Lusaka ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,753 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lusaka Province[3]
- Country: Zambia[4]
- Head of government: Chilando Chitangala[5]
- Instance of: big city[6], national capital[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Dushanbe[8], Izhevsk[9], Los Angeles[10], Białystok[11], Kigali[12]
- Commons category: Lusaka[13]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:30[14]
- Local dialing code: 02[15]
- Inception: 1905[16]
- Official website: https://www.lcc.gov.zm/[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lusaka[18]
- Population: 2,467,563[19], 1,742,979[20], 1,073,000[21], 2,204,059[22]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23]
- Capital of: Zambia[24], Lusaka Province[25], Northern Rhodesia[26]
- Official name: Lusaka[27]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Lusaka[28]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Lusaka[29]
- Demonym: Lusakoise[30], Lusakois[31], Lusakano[32], Lusakan[33]
- Native label: Lusaka[34]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Lusaka[35]
- Different from: Lusaka Province[36]
- Elevation above sea level: 1279 m[37]
- Area: 360 km²[38]
- History of topic: timeline of Lusaka[39]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[40]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Lusaka include Kenneth Kaunda International Airport[41], an international airport[42], in Zambia[43] and Lusaka Province[44], a province of Zambia[45], in Zambia[46].
Why It Matters
Lusaka has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Lusaka is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Entities named for Lusaka include Kenneth Kaunda International Airport[41], an international airport[42], in Zambia[43] and Lusaka Province[44], a province of Zambia[45], in Zambia[46].