Official language after unifying the country in 221 BC. Classical Chinese would remain the standard written language for the next 2000 years. Standardization of the spoken language received less political attention, and Mandarin developed on an "ad hoc" basis from the dialects of the various imperial capitals until being officially standardized in the early twentieth century. According to an undated chart by the American pro-English-only organization known as U.S. English, 178 countries have an official language at the national level. Among those, English is the most common with 67 nations giving it official status. French is second with 29 countries, Arabic is
Geography of Zambia Zambia has signed, but not ratified, the Kyoto Protocol This is a list of the extreme points of Zambia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Geography of Zambia Zambia is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa, to the east of Angola. It has a total area of 752 618 square kilometres (slightly larger than France), of which 9 220 km² are water. Zambia has a total of 5 664 km of land boundaries, and it borders: Angola for 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo for 1,930 km, Malawi for 837