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Ndola
Ndola is the second-largest city in Zambia, with a population of 374,757 (2000 census). It is the Industry|industrial, Commerce|commercial, Administration (business)|administrative and distribution (business)|distribution hub of the Copperbelt, Zambia's copper extraction|copper-mining region, and capital of Copperbelt Province. It lies just 10 km from the border with DR Congo.[Camerapix: "Spectrum Guide to Zambia." Camerapix International Publishing, Nairobi, 1996.]
History
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. It was started as a Boma (enclosure)|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. The line was extended into DR Congo and from there eventually linked to the Benguela Railway to the Atlantic port of Lobito Bay (which used to take some of Zambia's copper exports but is currently closed). The Ndola railhead was responsible for the town becoming the country's centre of distribution. Before the road network was built up in the 1930s, a track from Ndola to Kapalala on the Luapula River, and Water Transport in Zambia|boat transport from there to the Chambeshi River was the principal trade route for the Northern Province, Zambia|Northern Province, which consequently formed part of Ndola's hinterland.
See Copperbelt Province for the history of the Copper extraction|copper-mining industry.
Industry in Ndola
The largest industrial centre of Zambia has been decimated over the past decade and scores of closed factories and plants can be seen in the town. A number of former industries such as clothing and vehicle assembly have gone completely.[BBC World Service Website: "The last shirt maker in Ndola". David Lyon, 22 May 2004. Accessed 18 March 2007.]
There are no mining|mines in Ndola itself but the Bwana Mkubwa open-cast mine is only 10 km south-east of the city centre. Until their closure, copper and 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.[ http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=4&aid=32&dir=2008/June/Thursday26 ]
Transport
Ndola is on the Zambia Railways line with passenger and freight services running between Kitwe and Livingstone, Zambia|Livingstone via Kabwe and Lusaka. Freight branch lines run to other Copperbelt towns and from Ndola to Lubumbashi in DR Congo via Sakania.[Terracarta/International Travel Maps, Vancouver Canada: "Zambia, 2nd edition", 2000]
A dual carriageway links Ndola to Kitwe, the Copperbelt's second city, and other tarred highways link to Mufulira and Lusaka. Features of Ndola
National Monuments
- The '''Slave Tree''' or '''Mukuyu Slave Tree''' around which Arab slave traders held slave markets in the nineteenth century (a mukuyu tree is a kind of fig tree).
- Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial ten kilometres along the Ndola/Kitwe road commemorates the site where the then United Nations Secretary-General died in a plane crash on September 18, 1961 during the Congo Crisis.
- '''Lake Chilengwa''' 14 km E of Ndola at 12°58' S 28°45' E, was formed by the collapse of rock into an underlying limestone cavern, and has local cultural significance. Other features
- Northrise University, a private university.
- NORTEC, the Northern Technical College.
- The Theological College of Central Africa (TCCA) was founded in 1982 by Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia to train African Christian leaders in their own culture and locale for service in churches and Christian organizations in southern Africa. The college offers an accredited four-year degree as well as a three-year diploma program. The students and faculty have come from almost twenty different Christian church denominations which include Anglicans, Baptists, Brethren in Christ, Pentecostals, Presbyterians and Wesleyans.
TCCA's graduates serve in ten countries as:
* church pastors in Zambia and the region,
* bishops and church administrators,
* principals and teachers at Bible colleges,
* Christian education directors,
* Bible translators and distributors,
* Christian relief and development workers,
* leaders in student ministries of various kinds,
* youth leaders in music ministries,
* students in graduate programs in Kenya, England, South Africa and the U.S.A.
Some African graduates are now doing reverse mission work as they engage in pastoral and other ministries in the West. For example, the Rev. Elijah Mwitanti (1991 grad.) is serving as Senior Pastor of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Holladay, Utah, USA. After serving in the Baptist Association of Zambia, Rev. Mwitanti attended Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) where he graduated with a masters degree in 1997. He then served the pastorate in the Southern Baptist Church before joining the Lutheran Church in 1999. Rev. Mwitanti credits sound theological instruction at both TCCA and RTS for his ministry success that includes being part of the pastoral team that responded to the 9/11/2001 crisis of New York City. He was serving a Lutheran congregation in Hoboken, New Jersey at the time and was part of the team of pastors that were available to provide counseling and lead in memorial services. Rev. Mwitanti is a native of Luanshya, although he now considers Ndola as his hometown.
- The Copperbelt Museum, with a collections of gems and minerals of 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. See also
- Railway stations in Zambia
References
- FallingRain Map - elevation = 1304m (Red dots are railways)
Category:Cities, towns and villages in Zambia
Category:Settlements established in 1904
Related Images- The Mukuyu Slave Tree (in Ndola, Zambia
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