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Zambia

Zambia is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 36 and ITU zone 53. Its primary prefix is 9J.

Flag of Zambia.

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Figure 1. Zambia and its provinces, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.01039 degrees, about 1 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 13.1° S 27.8° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	482
Name in the ADIF standard	ZAMBIA
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	9J
CQ zone	36
ITU zone	53

Prefixes

9J is the primary prefix. The country files list 2 prefixes and prefix blocks for Zambia.

Show all prefixes

9J 9I

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.