Livingstone, Zambia

Livingstone
Official seal of Livingstone
Livingstone is located in Zambia
Livingstone
Livingstone
Location in Zambia
Livingstone is located in Africa
Livingstone
Livingstone
Livingstone (Africa)
Coordinates: 17°51′S 25°52′E / 17.850°S 25.867°E / -17.850; 25.867
Country Zambia
ProvinceSouthern Province
DistrictLivingstone District
Area
 • 695 km2 (268 sq mi)
Elevation
986 m (3,235 ft)
Population
 (2010 census)
 • Total134,349
 • Ethnicities
Tonga Baleya (Leya people) Toka people and Lunda people
 • Languages
English (official language) Tonga language and Lozi language
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
ClimateBSh
Websitelivcity.org
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Livingstone is a city in Zambia.[1] Until 1935, it served as the capital of Northern Rhodesia. Lying 10 km (6 mi) to the north of the Zambezi River, it is a tourism attraction center for the Victoria Falls[2][3][4] and a border town with road and rail connections to Zimbabwe on the other side of the Victoria Falls. A historic British colonial city, its present population was enumerated at 177,393 inhabitants at the 2022 census.[5] It is named after David Livingstone, the Scottish explorer and missionary who was the first European to explore the area.[6] Until 2011, Livingstone was the provincial capital of Zambia's Southern Province.

  1. ^ Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2010). Zambia: Life in an African Country. New Africa Press. ISBN 978-9987-16-011-2.
  2. ^ "Livingstone". Zambia Let's Explore. Archived from the original on 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  3. ^ "Livingstone Information". www.livingstone-info.org. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  4. ^ "Victoria Falls". Zambia Tourism. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  5. ^ Central Statistical Office Zambia and City Population (3 January 2023). "Population of Zambian Cities and Urban Centres: Livingstone". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  6. ^ "David Livingstone - Biography, Expeditions, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-05-24.