Lusaka

Lusaka Mwalusaka
City
From top: Lusaka city at Night, Downtown Lusaka, Lusaka National Museum, Inauguration of Edgar Lungu
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Coordinates: 15°25′S 28°17′E / 15.417°S 28.283°E / -15.417; 28.283
Province	Lusaka Province
District	Lusaka District
Country	Zambia
Established	1905
City status	25 August 1960
Government
• Mayor of Lusaka	Miles Sampa
Area [2]
• City	418 km2 (161 sq mi)
Elevation	1,279[3] m (4,190 ft)
Population  (2010)
• City	1,747,152[1]
• Metro	2,238,569
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
Area code	0211[4]
Climate	Cwa
Website	http://www.lcc.gov.zm

Lusaka is the capital of Zambia. It is also the largest city in that country. It is in south central Zambia on a plateau at 1300 m (4265 ft) in altitude. Lusaka Province had the highest population size at 3,093,615.

1. ↑ "Zambia: Provinces, Major Cities & Urban Centers - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
2. ↑ City of Lusaka Website Archived 20 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. ↑ Airport altitude, http://climexp.knmi.nl/ Retrieved 7 March 2015
4. ↑ <%=hdrContact%>. "Zambia". www.itu.int. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.