In 1935 the capital was moved from Livingstone to Lusaka as it is a more central place along the rail line. Currently, there are around 2 million inhabitants in Lusaka and it is one of the fastest growing cities in Southern Africa. Lusaka, the capital of Zambia is a good-looking city about 1280 meters over sea level. It is now situated at the intersection of the main highways to the north, east, south and west. For many years it was a small agricultural and trading center.

One of the fastest-growing cities in central Africa and it is the capital covers an area of over 70km square. The city is bursting at the seams and there has been no arrival control. Its inhabitants about trebled in the instant post-independence era and continues to rise daily grossly. Insufficient municipal facilities are hard-pressed to cope with the ever-increasing demand.

Fast-growing manufacturing development has brought together people of many nationalities, making it a bustling centre for cultural, economic and political activities. It is a rambling, high-walled suburbs and busy shanty towns, metropolis with a lot of multi-storey buildings.

Points of interest upon business and one of the main streets is the street of Cairo Road. Including the State House and the various ministries, additional east lays the government area, around the Cathedral Hill and Ridgeway areas. The city centre includes numerous blocks west of Cairo Road, about which lie the New City Market and Kamwala Market, the Zintu Community Museum, as well as a major shopping area.