Zambia



Welcome to **Z a m b i a ' s ** Homepage! Hello Fifth Graders! Welcome to the country of Zambia! Click around on the toolbar to learn more about the Country of Zambia. Here is some information on this country! Zambia Fast Facts **Located in:** Southern Africa **Population:** 12.926 Million **Capital**: Lusaka <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">**Climate**: Tropical <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">**Religion:** Christian <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">**Language:** English & Native Bemba <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">(Wikipedia, 2011)
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<span style="color: #808000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Zambia's Flag

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">The Zambian flag is a green background with strips of Red, Black and Orange. Green represents agriculture, red recalls the struggle for independence, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Black stands for the Zambian people and Orange symbolizes Zambia's mineral wealth, particularly the major deposits of copper. The eagle in flight symbolizes freedom and victory over national problems. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">(Zambia Tourism, 2011)

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Zambia's National Anthem <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Here are the lyrics of the National Anthem presented in a word cloud. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">The larger a word, the more times it is sung in the song. Note which words are most prominent.

(Metro Lyrics, n.d)

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Watch this Video to listen to children sing the National Anthem! media type="youtube" key="agT36xUXGm0" height="276" width="492" align="center"

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">**References**

Family legacy - about the Kids. (n.d.). //Family legacy.// Retrieved December 5, 2011, from http://familylegacy.com/fathers-heart/fathers-heart-children/

National anthem - Zambia lyrics. (n.d.). L//yrics//. Retrieved December 5, 2011, from []

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Zambia - travellers info. (n.d.).Zambia, home of the Victoria Falls<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> //.// Retrieved December 7, 2011, from http://www.zambiatourism.com/travel/traveladvice/general.htm

Zambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Retrieved December 5, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambia

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