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Copperbelt
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. ... Read more
Mufulira
Mufulira , city (1990 pop. 152,944), N central Zambia, on the border with the Congo. It is a copper-mining center, located in the Copperbelt . ... Read more
Kariba Dam
Kariba Dam , hydroelectric project, in Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi River, on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border, S central Africa; built 1955-59. One of the world's largest dams, 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 ... Read more
Dar-es-Salaam
Dar-es-Salaam [Arab.,=haven of peace], city (1994 pop. 2,000,000), on a bay of the Indian Ocean. The former capital of Tanzania, it is the country's largest city and its communications, and economic center. The major industries produce foods and beverages, oil, textiles, clothing, shoes, cement, al... Read more
Zambia
Zambia , officially Republic of Zambia, republic (2005 est. pop. 11,262,000), 290,584 sq mi (752,614 sq km), central Africa. It borders on Congo (Kinshasa) in the north, on Tanzania in the northeast, on Malawi and Mozambique in the east, on Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia in the south, and on Angola... Read more
Angola
Angola , officially Republic of Angola (2005 est. pop. 11,191,000), including the exclave of Cabinda , 481,351 sq mi (1,246,700 sq km), SW Africa. Angola is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Congo (Kinshasa) on the north and northeast, by Zambia on the east, and by Namibia on the south.... Read more

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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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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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Zambia, Christianity in
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...1930s to unite denominational missions resulted in the formation of the African United Church (the United Missions in the Copperbelt) and in the establishment of the Mindola Ecumenical Foundation. In 1965 the United Church of Zambia, comprising Congregationalists...

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Expectations of modernity: myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian copperbelt.(Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...meanings of urban life on the Zambian copperbelt. xviii, 326 pp., illus., bibliogr...cloth), $17.95 (paper) 'The Copperbelt'. At one time as iconic a site of ethnography and theory as 'Nilotics', the Copperbelt studies of the 1950s and 1960s represented...
Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt
Magazine article from: Anthropological Quarterly; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt. JAMES FERGUSON. Berkeley: University...of the rise and fall of the Zambian Copperbelt, and-a Ferguson trademark-a brilliant...story-an "African Birmingham"-the Copperbelt produced much of the world's copper...
The copperbelt couple
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 5/25/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Jerusalem Post 05-25-2001 Headline: The copperbelt couple Byline: Matthew Gutman, JTA...are the last Jews left in Zambia's Copperbelt, a region that in the 1960s boasted...governmental organizations operate in the Copperbelt, but the Figovs still dole out crutches...
A cryptic mesoarchaean terrane in the basement to the Central African Copperbelt
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...and its basement in the Central African Copperbelt, detrital and xenocrystic zircons from...basement beneath the Central African Copperbelt. Keywords: Mesoarchaean, Central African Copperbelt, SHRIMP, terranes. Recent studies...
Fifteen million dollars to be spent on mall, hotel in Zambia's Copperbelt province
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 5/23/2007; 466 words ; ...spent on mall, hotel in Zambia's Copperbelt province LUSAKA, May 23 (Xinhua...Serlemitsos said on Tuesday in Kitwe, Copperbelt province, that the construction of...develop business opportunities for the Copperbelt and create over 5,000 new jobs throughout...
The Zambian Copperbelt: John Chadwick focuses on the smaller mines and the exciting exploration potential.(Industry Overview)
Magazine article from: Mining Magazine; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...quickly seen major benefits, with the Copperbelt today seeing much greater activity as...Exploration is also at a high level. The Copperbelt is a northwest trending zone some 50...underlying older basement rocks. Zambian Copperbelt mineralisation is mainly sulphides and...
Equinox Explores Copperbelt-Drills 64m @ 2.33% Copper Including 38m @ 3.5% Copper at Ndola West
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 10/19/2006; 700+ words ; ...located predominantly in the Zambian Copperbelt and North Western provinces and referred...tenements. Located 5km west of the Zambian Copperbelt mining town of Ndola, the Ndola West...which hosts many of the current major Copperbelt mining operations (see Diagram 1...
Studies from Copperbelt University update current data on natural resources.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 8/7/2009; 700+ words ; ...wrote S. Syampungani and colleagues, Copperbelt University. The researchers concluded...obtained by contacting S. Syampungani, Copperbelt University, School Nat Resources...Life Sciences, Natural Resources, Copperbelt University. This article was prepared...
Zambia -- more than Copperbelt.
Magazine article from: Mining Magazine; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...licences in Zambia, not one of them on the Copperbelt, covering an area of 12,050 [km...of exploration, especially off the Copperbelt. But Katanga is showing that there...mineral potential in the country than the Copperbelt alone. Katanga's recent work on these...
ECONOMY-ZAMBIA: HARD TIMES ON THE COPPERBELT
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 6/23/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...copper and cobalt-rich province of the Copperbelt. The province has for a long-time...is because mining is booming on the Copperbelt. Copper accounts for 80 percent of...mining sector. Workers in trouble On the Copperbelt, many retrenched miners have resorted...