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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Area handbook for Zambia Irving Kaplan, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1969
 * Demographics of Zambia at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Zambia at FallingRain
 * Factbook of Zambia at CIA The World Factbook
 * Facts and figures about Zambia at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Zambia at Places in the world
 * List of Zambia Locations at GeoName
 * Maps Of Zambia at WorldAtlas
 * Outline of Zambia at Wikipedia
 * Populated places in Zambia at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Zambia at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Zambia at WorldAtlas
 * Renamed places in Zambia at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Zambia at Wikipedia
 * United States. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C. : U.S. Office of Geography, 1956
 * Zambia: Provinces, Districts, Wards, Cities, Urban Centers at City Population
 * Zambia: Provinces, Major Cities & Urban Centers - Population at City Population

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Strenger, Thomas J., Gazetteer of Zambia : names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C. : Defense Mapping Agency, 1983
 * United States, Zambia; official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names, Washington, 1972
 * Zambia. Ministry of Lands and Mines, Gazetteer of geographical names in the Republic of Zambia, Lusaka, Printed by the Govt. Printer, 1967
 * Zambia, official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, Geographic Names Division, Washington, D.C., 1972
 * Gazetteer of geographical names in the Republic of Zambia Zambia, Printed by the Govt. Printer, Lusaka, 1967
 * Area handbook for Zambia Irving Kaplan, Washington : American University, Foreign Area Studies, 1974

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)