AGSL GeoDiscovery

Zambia population density and absentees, 1938

Description:

Shapefile representing population density by district in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) for 1938. The dataset also includes the percentage of absentees among the able-bodied male population in each district. Data were extracted from a scanned British Colonial Office map.

Identifier:

ark:/88435/5m60qw54f

Creator:

Map and Geospatial Information Center, Lewis Library, Princeton University

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon

Subject:

boundary, Boundaries, administrative boundaries, administrative divisions, colony, colonies, colonial boundaries, historical boundaries, public, open access, district, districts, population, population density, employment, labor, work, laborers, workers, migration, and Society

Theme:

Boundaries and Society

Temporal Coverage:

1938, 2018, and 2018

Date Issued:

2018

Spatial Coverage:

Zambia, Rhodesia, and Northern Rhodesia

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile