Nkana

Nkana is a section of the city of

smelter was built at the site of the Nkana Mine. The mines in Nkana were among the largest copper mines in the world, employing in excess of 20,000 people. The city of Kitwe grew up as a service town for the Nkana mines but soon swallowed them up, leading to the name Kitwe-Nkana sometimes being used to refer to the city. There are now two suburbs of Kitwe that use the name Nkana, namely Nkana East and Nkana West (both adjacent to the city centre).^[1]

References

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External links

Historical, vector-based map of Nkana-Kitwe, 1961

12°50′S 28°12′E / 12.833°S 28.200°E / -12.833; 28.200

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