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Chingola
Sign in to saveChingola is a town in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, the country's copper-mining region, with a population of 256,560 (2022 census). It is the home of Nchanga Copper Mine, a deep-shaft high-grade content copper mining operation, which subsequently (in the 1960s) led to the development of two open pit operations, Chingola Open Pit and then Nchanga Open Pit (the latter being the second largest open cast mine in the world).
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Place details
- Locality
- Chingola
- Region
- Copperbelt Province
- Country
- Zambia
- Population
- 256,560
- Timezone
- Africa/Lusaka
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Chingola
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Zambia 3.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Nchanga copper mine near Chingola
- Settlement.image_seal
- Chingola Coat of Arms.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Zambia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Zambia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Zambia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Copperbelt Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chingola District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 256,560
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 59500
- Elevation
- 1400
- Image
- Zambia 3.JPG
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- Commons category
- Chingola
- P12749
- Bangui
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Travel guide
Get in
The city's small airstrip can receive small planes only. Larger airports in the region are in Ndola (), or across the border in Lubumbashi - Luano ().
There is a train connection to Kitwe, but it is only used for freight trains carrying copper that is to be melted in Kitwe. This means your main way in here is by road. The T3 leaves town in south-east direction, heading to Kitwe and then on towards Lusaka, the country capital. The same road also runs in northern direction, connecting down the way to the main road to Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Get around
Note that roads in the city are generally of rather poor quality.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Mines
- Communications
- Public facilities
- Features of Chingola
- National Monument
- Other features
- Notable people born in Chingola
- References
Chingola is a town in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, the country's copper-mining region, with a population of 256,560 (2022 census). It is the home of Nchanga Copper Mine, a deep-shaft high-grade content copper mining operation, which subsequently (in the 1960s) led to the development of two open pit operations, Chingola Open Pit and then Nchanga Open Pit (the latter being the second largest open cast mine in the world).
==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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