- The official language of Zambia is English, but between 43 and 73 languages are spoken.
- The Victoria Falls in the south-west corner of Zambia are 100 metres high and 1.6 kilometres wide.
- The highest point in Zambia is found in the Mafinga Hills. The point is at a height of 2,301 metres.
- The flag of Zambia was hoisted for the first time at midnight on 23 October 1964, symbolising patriotism and the nation’s natural resources.
- Zambia won its first ever Africa Cup of Nations in 2012 and the following year it lost to Nigeria in South Africa.
- In 1964 Zambia became the first country ever to change its name and flag between the opening and closing ceremonies of an Olympic Games. The country entered the 1964 Summer Olympics as Northern Rhodesia, and left in the closing ceremony as Zambia on 24 October, the day independence was formally declared.