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Chingola

#836 in World

Zambia

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Population
185K
Coordinates
-12.5281, 27.8523
Category
cities

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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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