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Copperbelt
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Copperbelt mining region, N central Zambia, central Africa. A natural extension of the mineral-rich region of Katanga , the Copperbelt is one of the richest sources of copper in the world. Cobalt, selenium, silver, and gold are also produced.
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Bemba
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
...and in the rural areas of the Copperbelt Province speak dialects of IchiBemba...ethnic group in the urban areas of the Copperbelt, including Kitwe, Ndola, Mufulira...is a widely used lingua franca in the Copperbelt towns and consists of a number of loan...
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Kitwe
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...338,200), N central Zambia, near the Congo; founded 1936. It is the main commercial and industrial center of the Copperbelt . Copper is mined, and food products, clothing, and plastics are manufactured there. The Zambia Institute of Technology...
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Dar-es-Salaam
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Tanganyika, and the Tazara Railway (also known as the Great Uhuru or Tanzam Railway) links Dar-es-Salaam with the Zambian Copperbelt. Dar-es-Salaam has an international airport. Founded in 1866 by the sultan of Zanzibar , Dar-es-Salaam was a small...
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Angola
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...products, and textiles. The Benguela railroad, which carries metals from the mines of Congo (Kinshasa) and the Zambian Copperbelt, was an important source of revenue, but much of the line fell into disrepair during the civil war. Angola's road network...
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Zambians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...also serves as the lingua franca (common language). There are several other major language groups. Bemba is spoken in the Copperbelt, where most of the labor force is Bemba. Nyanja is another common language, spoken by the Chewa and Nsenga people of Malawi...
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Kariba Dam
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...it is 420 ft (128 m) high and 1,900 ft (579 m) long. The Kariba project's generators supply electricity to the Copperbelt in Zambia and to parts of Zimbabwe. Kariba Lake, the vast reservoir created by the dam, extends c.175 mi (280 km) and...
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Kafue
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...border, S central Africa, near Lubumbashi, and meandering through central Zambia to the Zambezi River. It provides water to Zambia's Copperbelt . The lower Kafue valley is fertile. A plant at Kafue Gorge generates hydroelectricity.
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Chingola
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Chingola , city (1990 pop. 167,954), N central Zambia. It is a copper-mining center, located on the Copperbelt . The city was founded in 1943 to provide services for the adjacent copper-mining center of Nchanga.
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Kaunda, Kenneth
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...International Monetary Fund in the 1980s. One immediate consequence was the fateful maize-meal riots on Zambia ’ s Copperbelt in December 1986. The Zambian government backtracked; the World Bank and Western governments withheld funds; and inflation...
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