Blank Map of Zambia

The outline of Zambia with four lakes, the Zambezi, the Kafue and Lusaka, and its neighbors drawn lightly.

Blank Map of Zambia

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Write the name of each numbered place.Answer key

  1. Zambia
  2. Lusaka
  3. Zambezi
  4. Kafue
  5. Lake Kariba
  6. Lake Tanganyika
  7. Lake Mweru
  8. Lake Bangweulu

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

Each place is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a place is answered.

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  1. Zambia The country in the middle of the map.
  2. Lusaka The capital of Zambia.
  3. Zambezi The river that crosses the west and forms the southern border.
  4. Kafue A large tributary of the Zambezi, flowing mainly in Zambia.
  5. Lake Kariba The long reservoir on the border with Zimbabwe.
  6. Lake Tanganyika The lake at the top edge of the map.
  7. Lake Mweru The lake on the northern border, shared with the DR Congo.
  8. Lake Bangweulu The lake inside northern Zambia.

How this list was compiled: The page asks eight things: Zambia, Lusaka, the Zambezi, the Kafue and four lakes. The eight neighbors are in the list so that the map can draw them as land that is not numbered or asked. The nine country names were read on 2026-10-01 in the United Nations list of member states (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states) and at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambia, which also names Lusaka, the Zambezi and the Kafue. The United Nations map of Zambia (Map No. 3731 Rev. 4, https://www.un.org/geospatial/content/zambia) prints Lusaka, Zambezi, Kafue, Lake Kariba, Lake Bangweulu, Lake Mweru and L. Tanganyika; the four lakes were also read at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Kariba, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mweru, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bangweulu and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tanganyika. No province line is drawn: on 2026-10-01 the boundary data's Muchinga shape still held Chama, which has been part of Eastern Province again since 2021 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chama_District). Outlines: Natural Earth 5.1.2, credited under the drawing. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_populated_places_simple (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_populated_places_simple.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centered on 13.1°S 27.7°E. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This blank map of Zambia shows the outline of the country with four lakes, the Zambezi, the Kafue and a dot for Lusaka. The eight countries around it are drawn lightly. It draws no province lines.

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Blank, numbered or named

The sheet opens blank. Choose Numbered to put a number on Zambia, the lakes, the two rivers and the capital, or Named for their names, then press Print this map. Print the answer key gives the names on a sheet of its own.

Finding the neighbors

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is to the north, Tanzania (northeast), Malawi (east), Mozambique (southeast), Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia (southwest) and Angola (west). All eight are drawn lightly, without numbers.

  • The dot is Lusaka. The Kafue passes south of it on its way to the Zambezi.

Questions and answers

Which countries border Zambia?

Eight: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Angola. Zambia is landlocked.

What is the capital of Zambia?

Lusaka. On this map it is the dot in the southern half of the country, north of the Kafue.

Which lakes are on the blank map of Zambia?

Four. Lake Kariba lies on the border with Zimbabwe, Lake Mweru on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Lake Bangweulu inside northern Zambia. Only the southern end of Lake Tanganyika, which four countries share, is on the map.

Which rivers are on the map?

Two. The Zambezi rises in Zambia, flows through the west of the country and then forms its southern border. The Kafue, one of its largest tributaries, meets it on the border with Zimbabwe.

Does this map show the provinces of Zambia?

No. Zambia has ten provinces, but the map source still draws Chama District in Muchinga Province, and Chama has been part of Eastern Province again since 2021. The sheet shows Zambia as one outline.

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