Chingola is a municipality in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. It has a population of 147,448 (2000 census}. Chingola is primarily a mining town, using both underground and open cast mining techniqies. It is the home of Nchanga Open Pit Mine, the second largest open cast mine in the world. Image File history File links ZM-Chingola. ... The Copperbelt is a province of Zambia which is very rich in mineral deposits. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... El Chino, located near Silver City, New Mexico, is an open-pit copper mine Open-pit mining, or opencast mining, refers to a method of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow. ...

The town is also known for the nearby wildlife sanctuary called Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage for orphaned chimpanzees. Chimfunshi started in 1983 when a game ranger brought a wounded baby chimpanzee to the cattle ranch of a British couple who had lived in Zambia since 1950. From that humble beginning, the ranch is now sanctuary for animals from as far a field as Asia, South America and Europe.[1] An animal sanctuary is a place where animals can come to live and be protected for the rest of their lives. ... Orphans, by Thomas Kennington An orphan (from the Greek ορφανός) is a person (or animal), who has lost one or both parents often through death. ... Type Species Simia troglodytes Blumenbach, 1775 Species Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Chimpanzee, often shortened to chimp, is the common name for the two extant species in the genus Pan. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Ranch is an area of land, including buildings and structures, given primarily to the grazing of livestock on rangeland. ...

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Statistics

• Elevation = 1363m
• Population = 16,332

Born in Chingola

• Samuel Matete (born 1968), Zambian athlete
• Felix Bwalya (born 1970), Zambian boxer (d. 1997)

Coordinates: 12°32′S 27°51′E Samuel Matete (born July 27, 1968 in Chingola) is a Zambian athlete who competed mainly in 400 m hurdles. ... Felix Bwalya (born 1970 in Chingola – died December 23, 1997 in Lusaka) was a boxer from Zambia, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...