Ndola

Coordinates: 12°58′08″S 28°37′57″E / 12.96889°S 28.63250°E / -12.96889; 28.63250
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Ndola
City
UTC+2 (CAT)
ClimateCwa
Websitewww.cityofndola.gov.zm

Ndola is the third largest city in

DR Congo. It is also home to Zambia's first modern stadium, the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium
.

A sign on the T3 Road depicting Ndola as The Friendly City

History

What is now Ndola was first inhabited by the Lamba people led by Senior Chief Chiwala, the Lamba people migrated from the Luba-Lunda kingdom around 1600 and the town of Ndola was under Chief Mushili for some time but now it is under Chief Chiwala who came to the Lambaland during the slave trade from Malawi. The name Ndola is derived from the river, which originates in the Kaloko Hills and drains in the Kafubu River.[1]

The town of Ndola was founded in 1904, by John Edward "Chiripula" Stephenson just six months after Livingstone, making it the second oldest colonial-era town of Zambia.[citation needed] It was started as a boma and trading post, which laid its foundations as an administrative and trading centre today.

The

Rhodesia Railways main line reached the town in 1907, providing passenger services as far south as Bulawayo, with connections to Cape Town.[2]
The line was extended into
boat transport from there to the Chambeshi River was the principal trade route for the Northern Province, which consequently formed part of Ndola's hinterland
.

In 1961, an aeroplane carrying key

crashed on the outskirts of Ndola
.

Climate

Ndola has a moderate humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa).

Climate data for Ndola (1991–2020, extremes 1961–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 34.2
(93.6)
33.1
(91.6)
32.0
(89.6)
32.4
(90.3)
32.0
(89.6)
30.7
(87.3)
31.1
(88.0)
34.1
(93.4)
39.6
(103.3)
36.9
(98.4)
38.5
(101.3)
34.5
(94.1)
39.6
(103.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 27.6
(81.7)
27.8
(82.0)
28.3
(82.9)
28.3
(82.9)
27.7
(81.9)
26.1
(79.0)
25.8
(78.4)
28.6
(83.5)
31.6
(88.9)
32.7
(90.9)
30.7
(87.3)
28.3
(82.9)
28.6
(83.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 22.5
(72.5)
22.5
(72.5)
22.3
(72.1)
20.8
(69.4)
18.4
(65.1)
16.4
(61.5)
16.0
(60.8)
18.8
(65.8)
22.2
(72.0)
24.5
(76.1)
24.1
(75.4)
22.9
(73.2)
20.9
(69.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 17.3
(63.1)
17.1
(62.8)
16.3
(61.3)
13.2
(55.8)
9.1
(48.4)
6.6
(43.9)
6.1
(43.0)
8.9
(48.0)
12.8
(55.0)
16.2
(61.2)
17.5
(63.5)
17.5
(63.5)
13.2
(55.8)
Record low °C (°F) 11.0
(51.8)
10.6
(51.1)
7.5
(45.5)
6.2
(43.2)
0.5
(32.9)
−0.9
(30.4)
0.2
(32.4)
0.8
(33.4)
4.0
(39.2)
6.5
(43.7)
10.2
(50.4)
11.2
(52.2)
−0.9
(30.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 301.4
(11.87)
236.0
(9.29)
169.6
(6.68)
26.0
(1.02)
3.3
(0.13)
0.1
(0.00)
0.3
(0.01)
0.0
(0.0)
1.6
(0.06)
18.5
(0.73)
107.8
(4.24)
262.9
(10.35)
1,127.5
(44.39)
Average
relative humidity
(%)
82.5 83.0 79.7 73.4 65.9 61.1 54.6 46.6 40.9 47.3 64.9 80.4 65.0
Mean monthly sunshine hours 151.9 142.8 192.2 243.0 279.0 276.0 297.6 297.6 279.0 269.7 207.0 158.1 2,793.9
Source: NOAA (humidity and sun 1961–1990)[3][4]

Industry

Emerald from the Kagem Emerald Mine, Kafubu Emerald District, Ndola. Size 3.0 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm.

Legacy

Once the largest industrial centre of Zambia, boasting, among many high-powered sites, company facilities including a Land Rover vehicle assembly plant, Dunlop Tire manufacture, Johnson & Johnson, and Unilever, Ndola's economy shrank significantly between 1980 and 2000. Many closed factories and plants lie unoccupied in the town. A number of former industries such as clothing and vehicle assembly have disappeared completely.[5] Even though the term 'ghost town' can no longer apply to it, Ndola is yet to regain its economic glory of pre-1980 days.

Refining

There are no

precious metals used to be brought from elsewhere in the Copperbelt for processing at the Ndola Copper Refinery
and Precious Metals Refinery. Copper exports provide 70–80% of Zambia's export earnings, making the city very important to the country's economy.

The Indeni Oil Refinery in Ndola supplies the whole country with refined petroleum. It was repaired in 2001 after being severely damaged by fire in 1999. GL Africa Energy, through its subsidiary Ndola Energy Company Limited, provides 105MW of power to the National Grid of Zambia. Power is generated from heavy fuel oil supplied by the Indeni Petroleum refinery.[6][7]

Commercial

Ndola is home to one of the country's national newspapers, the Times of Zambia, as well as its printer, Printpak. These run as one company called TimesPrintpak. Catholic church run printing press, Mission Press, is also located in Ndola. Mission Press operates as a commercial entity.

Limestone

Ndola has huge limestone reserves which are believed to be among the most homogeneous of their kind in the world[citation needed]. Limestone has therefore become to Ndola's economy what copper is to the rest of the country, providing much of the wealth and employment (Lime is a major component in the production of cement; a cement plant getting its lime from limestone and manufacturing a limestone cement will consume well over 80 kg limestone per 100 kg of cement produced).

Between 1974 and 2009, Ndola supplied over 50% of Zambia's cement from a plant located some 5 km south-east of the heart of the city. This plant was called Chilanga Cement, Ndola Works. The parent company then was Chilanga Cement plc. Chilanga Cement ran two plants in Zambia: one built in 1949 at Chilanga (hence the parent company name) and the other built in 1969 at Ndola. In 2008, the new holding company, Lafarge Cement Zambia, completed construction of a brand new plant at Chilanga which would produce about double the volume of Ndola Works. By mid-2009, the new plant was still gathering momentum toward full production capacity, leaving Ndola still a significant player in the region's cement industry. Nonetheless, the combination of huge limestone deposits and existing transport infrastructure passing through Ndola has kept the city a very attractive destination for investment into cement production and related activities.

A second

cement works is under construction in 2008.[8]
In June 2009, countrywide advertisements were published to finalise staffing for this new cement plant.

Another important processing plant that is based on limestone in the area is Ndola Lime. It is Zambia's sole producer of Lime[citation needed]. Ndola Lime is located near the two cement manufacturing facilities. It supplies the mining industry as well as farmers who require agricultural lime. Ndola Lime company is wholly owned by ZCCM Investment Holdings, a parastatal holdings company via which Zambia's government maintains its active interest in the country's mining and closely related heavy industry.

Cultural interactions

The four processing plants (the cement plants, the lime plant and Bwana Mkubwa) have mining rights on land located very close to the traditional Chiefdom of Chiwala. Chief Chiwala is therefore a significant interested party to Ndola industry and economics.[citation needed]

Electrical engineering

Egyptian company Elsewedy Electric joined a consortium of local companies led by ZESCO Ltd (Zambia's electricity supply authority), and established a transformer manufacturing plant and an electrical meter manufacturing plant in Zambia in 2008. Both these facilities are located about 5 km south of Ndola city centre.

Transport

The city is served by the operating sections of the

DR Congo via Sakania.[9]

Ndola is on the T3 road, which connects to Kitwe in the north-west (as a dual carriageway) and to Kapiri Mposhi and Lusaka in the south.[9] The M4 road connects Ndola to Mufulira (and the Congo Pedicle) in the north.

Old Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport

Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport, currently located 15 km west of the city centre (adjacent to the Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial), has scheduled domestic services to Lusaka and international services to Addis Ababa, Johannesburg and Nairobi. It is one of the country's four international airports, others being Livingstone, Lusaka and Mfuwe.

The Tazama Pipeline from Dar es Salaam terminates at the Indeni Petroleum Refinery in the town.

Sport and recreation

As with many towns on the Copperbelt, Ndola's sports and recreation life was heavily supported by the now disbundled mining conglomerate, Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd (ZCCM). With the demise of ZCCM, many facilities deteriorated fast. Nevertheless, significant sports places are Ndola Tennis Club (membership), Ndola Swimming Pool (public), the Kanini area (about 3 km from city centre and home to several sports clubs and playing fields like Ndola Wanderers Football Club, a rugby club, and others). About 10 km north-west of the city centre, there is a motor racing track popular with weekend motorbike enthusiasts.

Nyanja language
.

Suburbs

  • Bwana Mkubwa
  • Chifubu
  • Chipulukusu
  • Dola Hill
  • Hill Crest
  • Itawa
  • Kabushi
  • Kaloko
  • Kanini
  • Kansenshi
  • Kawama
  • Lubuto
  • Masala
  • Minsundu
  • Mitengo
  • Mushili
  • Ndeke
  • Northrise
  • Nkwazi
  • Pamodzi
  • Twapia

Education

The Northrise University was founded in 2003.

The following are some of the education institutions found in Ndola:

  • Chifubu High School
  • Copperbelt Nursing Polytechnic[11]
  • The Copperbelt University School of Medicine[12]
  • Itawa Basic School
  • Kansenshi Basic School
  • Kansenshi Secondary School
  • Lubuto Secondary School
  • Masala Secondary School
  • Ndola College of Biomedical Sciences[13]
  • Ndola Primary
  • Ndola Technical School
  • Northern Technical College[14]
  • National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA),Ndola campus
  • Northrise Primary School
  • St. Andrews High School[15]
  • Temweni High School

Culture

The Copperbelt Museum, with a collection of gems and minerals from the Copperbelt.

Small reservoirs formed by dams on the Kafubu and Itawa streams flowing through the south-east of the city are used for boating and recreation.

The thermal power station which dominates the skyline near the railway station, built to power the mines and refineries, ceased operation in the 1960s when the Kariba Dam power station came on line.

National monuments

The Mukuyu Slave Tree (in Ndola, Zambia

Places of worship

Among the

mosques.

Sister cities

See also

References

  1. ^ "How The City Of Ndola Got Its Name". 24 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2019-01-04. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  2. ^ Britannica, Ndola Archived 2019-12-14 at the Wayback Machine, britannica.com, USA, accessed on June 30, 2019
  3. ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Ndola". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "Ndola MET Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  5. ^ BBC World Service Website: "The last shirt maker in Ndola". Archived 2005-09-15 at the Wayback Machine David Lyon, 22 May 2004. Accessed 18 March 2007.
  6. ^ "Great Lakes Africa Energy | Our Projects". www.glaenergy.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  7. ^ "Great Lakes Africa Energy | Our Projects". www.glaenergy.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  8. ^ "Mmegi Online :: Nigerian magnate invests in Kafue cement plant". 27 April 2007. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  9. ^ a b Terracarta/International Travel Maps, Vancouver Canada: "Zambia, 2nd edition", 2000
  10. ^ Galpin, Darren. "Ndola". GEL Motorsport Information Page. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Copperbelt Nursing Polytechnic Ltd". Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  12. ^ "School of Medicine". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17.
  13. ^ "Biomedical College – Defining Biomedical Science". Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  14. ^ "Northern Technical College (NORTEC) – Creative Minds and Hands". Archived from the original on 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  15. ^ St. Andrews High School Archived 2020-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Britannica, Zambia Archived 2019-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, britannica.com, USA, accessed on July 7, 2019

External links

  • Ndola travel guide from Wikivoyage
This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article: Ndola. Articles is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license; additional terms may apply.Privacy Policy