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==History== | ==History== | ||
Lusaka was the site of a village named after its headman Lusaka, which, according to history, was located at Manda Hill, near where the Zambia's National Assembly building now stands. In the [[Chichewa|Nyanja]] language, ''Manda'' means graveyard. The area was expanded by European (mainly British) settlers in 1905 with the building of the railway. | Lusaka was the site of a village named after its headman Lusaka, which, according to history, was located at Manda Hill, near where the Zambia's National Assembly building now stands. In the [[Chichewa|Nyanja]] language, ''Manda'' means graveyard. The area was expanded by European (mainly British) settlers in 1905 with the building of the railway. | ||
