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Online Gazetteers

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

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)