CHINGOLA

chĭng-gōˈlä, 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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books on: Chingola  - 26 results

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Handbook to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Book by W. V. Brelsford; Cassell, 1960
Subjects: Rhodesia And Nyasaland
...with their European populations in brackets are: Kitwe 10,400 . Ndola 8,900 , Luanshya 6,300 , Mufulira 6,300 and Chingola 5,000 . The aggregate African population of these five towns is about 240,000. Other large towns in Northern Rhodesia are...
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Scenes from African Urban Life: Collected Copperbelt Papers
Book by A. L. Epstein; Edinburgh University Press, 1992
Subjects: City And Town Life--Zambia, Zambia--Social Conditions, Zambia--Social Life And Customs
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Politics in an Urban African Community
Book by A. L. Epstein; Manchester University Press, 1958
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Zambia--Case Studies, Luanshya (Zambia), Zambia--Politics And Government
...main railhead at Ndola. Luanshya, the neighbouring communities of Kitwe Nkana mine and Mufulira, and the more distant Chingola Nchanga mine , together make up the area now known as the Copperbelt, for which Ndola serves as an administrative and commercial...
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The Politics of Partnership
Book by Patrick Keatley; Penguin Books, 1963
Subjects: Rhodesia and Nyasaland--Economic conditions, Rhodesia and Nyasaland--Native races, Rhodesia and Nyasaland--Politics and government
...office and declared a boycott. It was another missionary-turned-politician, the Rev. Colin Morris, who left his pulpit in Chingola to help form the Liberal Party in the first place, and then, as its vice-president, played a key part in the London negotiations...
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The Handbook of National Population Censuses
Book by Eliane A. Domschke, Doreen S. Goyer; Greenwood Press, 1986
Subjects: Africa--Census--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Asia--Census--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
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Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations in Madurai Region, Tamil Nadu, India: From C. 10,000 B.P. to C. A.D. 500
Journal article by V. Selvakumar; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 41, 2002
Subjects: Hunting and gathering societies--Research, South India--History, South India--Social aspects
...M. 1990 Lithic reduction sequences as an aid to the analysis of late stone age quartz assemblages from the Luano Spring Chingola, Zambia. The African Archaeological Review 8:103-138. BRANTINGHAM, P. J. 1998 Mobility, competition, and Plio-Pleistocene...


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magazine articles on: Chingola  - 6 results

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Coughing Up Copper
Magazine article by Palekelo Liswaniso; African Business, March 1997
Subjects: Air pollution--Environmental aspects, Pollution, Zambia
...industrial pollution in Zambia is what you are looking for, head straight for the Copperbelt, preferably on a pay-day. Whether it is Chingola, Mufulira, Kitwe or any other town in this border province, the constant coughing that characterises the snaking pay-lines...
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No Business as Usual?
Magazine article by Venarcious Mwansa; New African, April 2002
Subjects: Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Ltd.--Finance, Contested elections--Zambia, Copper--Production management, Corn--Supply and demand, Economic history--Zambia, Konkola Copper Mines PLC--Finance, Mining industry--Finance, Zambia--Political aspects
...was hampered by the mining accidents that occurred at KCMs Chingola open pit mine and the temporary closure of the Luanshya mine...operations, such as the Protea Business Hotel due to be opened in Chingola, will suffer a setback. Although the government says people...
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Wasted Potential
Magazine article by Glenys Kinnock; New Statesman, Vol. 129, October 2, 2000
Subjects: Education--Zambia, Zambia--Economic aspects
...families cant pay for the school fees, uniforms, books, and pencils. The Lungi family, who I met in the small run down town of Chingola, scrape a living on pound10 a month. They have to weigh up whether their children learn or eat. It is too much for them to...
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Zambia's Economy Back on the Rails: Zambia's Economy Seems Finally to Have Turned the Corner. Economic Growth Has Been Better Than Forecast, a Large Chunk of External Debt Has Been Cancelled and a New Railway Link with Angola Will Help Boost Exports. Report by Neil Ford
Magazine article by Neil Ford; African Business, July 2005
Subjects: Economic development--Forecasts and trends, Economic development--Zambia, National government--Finance, National government--Planning, Railroads--Design and construction, Zambia--Economic aspects
...economy is finally heading in the right direction. GRAPHIC OMITTED An initial deal has been signed to build a railway from Chingola to Solwezi in Zambia, but the eventual aim of Northwest Railways is to connect the Zambian rail network with Angolas Benguela...
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Copper Boom, New Tax Rules
Magazine article by Reginald Ntomba; New African, March 2008
Subjects: Copper (Metal)--Prices and rates, Copper (Metal)--Supply and demand, Copper industry--Growth, Copper industry--Market share, Copper industry--Taxation, Copper--Prices and rates, Copper--Supply and demand, Mineral industry--Industry sales and revenue, Mineral industry--Market share, Mineral industry--Taxation, Mining industry--Industry sales and revenue, Mining industry--Market share, Mining industry--Taxation, Zambia--Economic aspects, Zambia--Tax policy
...of drinking water for the local communities. In 2006 the Vedanta-run KCM polluted the Kafue River and several residents of Chingola, a mining town, were admitted to hospital for drinking contaminated water. About 2,000 of the towns residents have since sued...
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newspaper articles on: Chingola  - 3 results

 
 
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Allan 'Had Already Targeted' Victim No 2
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 8, 2000
...1974. The following year the couple moved to Zambia, where they worked as chemists for the Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mine in Chingola. Allan, an analytical chemist, had access to cyanide, which he used to kill butterflies he collected. That marriage ended...
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Green Tree-Huggers Are a Global Business Winner
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 18, 2006
...carcinogenic chemical Permethrin. Born in Zambia, where her father was a headmaster and her mother a teacher at a mixed school in Chingola, Adrianne and her sister and brother enjoyed a free and easy upbringing. She said, I grew up with a love of nature and the...
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Kyle: I'm Praying for a Grand Time
Newspaper article by Hugh Godwin; The People (London, England), February 1, 1998
...also won six Lions caps on the 1950 tour to Australia and New Zealand. Speaking from his home in the copper-mining town of Chingola, Kyle recalled that golden Grand Slam season. "It kicked off in France on New Years Day," he said. "We travelled across by...


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encyclopedia articles on: Chingola  - 2 results

 
 
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Chingola
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
CHINGOLA ching-go la, city (1990 pop. 167,954), N central Zambia. It is a copper-mining center, located on the Copperbelt . The city...
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Zambia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...tourism rather than preservation. The country is divided into nine provinces. In addition to Lusaka, other cities include Chingola , Kabwe , Kitwe , Livingstone , Luanshya , Mufulira , Nchanga, Ndola , and Nkana. The countrys population is made...


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