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The country of Zambia, home to over 19 million people, is a landlocked nation in southern Africa [1]. Previously known as Northern Rhodesia, a protectorate of the United Kingdom during the period of European colonization on Africa, Zambia has existed as an independent country since 1964 [1].

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Petrovic, S., Sherland, M. (2023). Zambia. In: Petrovic, S. (eds) World Energy Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31625-8_15

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