Travelers to Zambia are on the lookout for "angels in their flight, over sights as beautiful [as Victoria Falls]" (in the words of a smitten David Livingstone). But the country's great gamelands beckon too, and their safari camps and lodges stack up well against any in Africa.

• TOTAL AREA: 752,614 sq km

• LAND AREA: 740,724 sq km

• WATER AREA: 11,890 sq km

• POPULATION: 11,502,010

• RELIGIONS: Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%

• LANGUAGES: English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages

• GOVERNMENT TYPE: Republic

• CAPITAL CITY: Lusaka

• OFFICIAL CURRENCY: Zambian kwacha (ZMK)

• TIME ZONE: GMT/UTC +2