Southern Province

Southern Province is one of 's ten provinces. It is home to Zambia's premier tourist attraction, Mosi-oa-Tunya, shared with . The centre of the province, the Southern Plateau, has the largest area of commercial farmland of any Zambian province, and produces most of the maize crop.
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  • Type: province of Zambia with 2,390,000 residents
  • Description: province of Zambia
  • Also known as: Southern Province, Zambia” and “Southern Zambia

Southern Province

Latitude
-16.5° or 16° 30′ south
Longitude
27° east
Population
2,390,000
Elevation
1,166 metres (3,825 feet)
Open location code
5GM9G222+22
Geo­Names ID
896972
Wiki­data ID
Q738382
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Southern Province” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Suidelike Provinsie
  • Arabic: المحافظة الجنوبية
  • Basque: Hegoaldea
  • Belarusian: Паўднёвая правінцыя
  • Bengali: সাউদার্ন প্রদেশ
  • Bulgarian: Южна провинция
  • Catalan: Província Meridional
  • Cebuano: Southern Province
  • Chinese: Lâm-pō͘ Séng
  • Chinese: 南部省
  • Danish: Southern Province
  • Danish: Southern
  • Dutch: Southern Province
  • Dutch: Southern
  • Esperanto: Suda Provinco
  • Estonian: Lõunaprovints
  • Finnish: Eteläinen maakunta
  • French: Méridionale
  • French: Province Meridionale
  • French: Province méridionale
  • French: Province Méridionale
  • Galician: Provincia do Sur, Zambia
  • Galician: Provincia do Sur
  • Georgian: სამხრეთის პროვინცია
  • German: Southern Province
  • German: Südprovinz
  • German: ZM-07
  • Greek: Νότια Επαρχία
  • Gujarati: દક્ષિણી પ્રાંત
  • Hindi: दक्षिणी प्रांत
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Selatan, Zambia
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Selatan
  • Irish: Cúige an Deiscirt, an tSaimbia
  • Irish: Cúige an Deiscirt
  • Irish: Southern Province
  • Italian: provincia Meridionale
  • Italian: Provincia Meridionale
  • Japanese: 南部州 (ザンビア)
  • Japanese: 南部州
  • Kannada: ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Korean: 남부주
  • Kotava: ZambiaSouthernWinka
  • Latvian: Dienvidu province
  • Lithuanian: Pietų provincija
  • Malay: Southern Province
  • Marathi: दक्षिण प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: Lâm-pō͘ Séng (Zambia)
  • Min Nan Chinese: Lâm-pō͘ Séng
  • Northern Frisian: Southern Province
  • Northern Frisian: Southern
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Southern Province
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Southern
  • Norwegian: Southern
  • Persian: استان جنوبی (زامبیا)
  • Persian: استان جنوبی
  • Polish: Prowincja Południowa
  • Portuguese: Província do Sul
  • Portuguese: Sul
  • Romanian: Provincia de Sud, Zambia
  • Romanian: Provincia de Sud
  • Russian: Южная провинция
  • Sinhala: දකුණු කලාපය
  • Sinhala: දකුණු පළාත, සැම්බියාව
  • Slovenian: Južna provinca
  • Slovenian: Southern Province
  • Slovenian: ZM-07
  • Spanish: Provincia del Sur
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Kusini
  • Swedish: Södra Zambia
  • Swedish: Southern Province, Zambia
  • Tamil: தெற்கு மாகாணம்
  • Tatar: Көньяк провинциясе
  • Telugu: దక్షిణ ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: దక్షిణ రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: เซร์าเทิน โพวิ้น
  • Turkish: Güney Bölgesi
  • Ukrainian: Південна провінція
  • Urdu: جنوبی صوبہ، زیمبیا
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Phía Nam
  • Western Mari: Кечӹвӓлвел провинци
  • Zulu: Southern Province, Zambiya
  • Zulu: Southern Province

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