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Chingola
Copperbelttown
Chingola
Total population
210,073
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Overview
Chingola is a town in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, the country's copper-mining region, with a population of 256,560. It is the home of Nchanga Copper Mine, a deep-shaft high-grade content copper mining operation, which subsequently led to the development of two open pit operations, Chingola Open Pit and then Nchanga Open Pit.
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History
Chingola was founded in 1943, somewhat later than most other Copperbelt Province towns. Chingola was built to service the newly opened Nchanga Copper mine.
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- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
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