_#Defense expenditures: $49 million, 0.8% of GDP (1988) % @Zambia *Geography #_Total area: 752,610 km2; land area: 740,720 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly larger than Texas
_#_Land boundaries: 5,664 km total; Angola 1,110 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zaire 1,930 km, Zimbabwe 797 km
_#_Coastline: none—landlocked
_#_Maritime claims: none—landlocked
_#_Disputes: quadripoint with Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe is in disagreement; Tanzania-Zaire-Zambia tripoint in Lake Tanganyika may no longer be indefinite since it is reported that the indefinite section of the Zaire-Zambia boundary has been settled
_#_Climate: tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
_#_Terrain: mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains
_#_Natural resources: copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower potential
_#_Land use: arable land 7%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 47%; forest and woodland 27%; other 19%; includes irrigated NEGL%