Back Noord-Rhodesië Afrikaans رودسيا الشمالية Arabic Rodesia del Norte AST Şimali Rodeziya Azerbaijani قوزئی رودزیا AZB Паўночная Радэзія Byelorussian Protectorat de Rhodèsia del Nord Catalan Severní Rhodesie Czech Nordrhodesia Danish Nordrhodesien German
Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia | |||||||||||||
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| 1924–1953 1963–1964 | |||||||||||||
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| Anthem: God Save the Queen | |||||||||||||
 Location of Northern Rhodesia in Southern Africa. | |||||||||||||
| Status | Protectorate of the United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Livingstone (until 1935) Lusaka (from 1935) | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | English | ||||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||||
• 1924–1927 | Sir Herbert Stanley | ||||||||||||
• 1959–1964 | Sir Evelyn Hone | ||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||||
• 1964 | Kenneth Kaunda | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period · Cold War | ||||||||||||
1911 | |||||||||||||
• British protectorate | 1 April 1924 | ||||||||||||
1953–1963 | |||||||||||||
• Independence | 24 October 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Southern Rhodesian pound | ||||||||||||
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Northern Rhodesia was a territory in south central Africa. It was founded in 1911. It became independent in 1964 as Zambia.
The term "Rhodesia" in geography meant a region which is now Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1] From 1964 on, it only meant Southern Rhodesia.