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DID YOU KNOW?
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• Did you know that Zambia holds two-thirds of
southern Africa's water resources? A whopping
60% of the country's land is arable, and only 15%
is exploited.
• Did you know that Lake Tanganyika is the deepest
of the Rift Valley lakes of Central/East Africa? Its
maximum depth is 1,470m., and it is estimated to
be about 15 million years old.
• Did you know that the main commercial street in
Lusaka, Cairo Road, was meant to connect Cape
Town, South Africa to Cairo, Egypt?
• Did you know that the Kariba Dam was one of the
most ambitious undertakings in Africa? It took five
years, 34,000 people had to be relocated, and it
cost Great Britain £78 million to complete.
• Although Livingstone is very well known for mak-
ing the Victoria Falls famous, he was almost totally
unsuccessful in his own aims, failing to set up any
trade missions or to convert Africans to Christian-
ity.
Lusaka city
