Location of Copperbelt Province in Zambia

The Copperbelt is a province of Zambia which is very rich in mineral deposits. It was the backbone of the Northern Rhodesian economy during British colonial rule, but its economic importance was severely damaged by a crash in global copper prices in 1973 and the nationalization of the copper mines by the government of Kenneth Kaunda. Image File history File links ZM-Copperbelt. ... Image File history File links ZM-Copperbelt. ... Flag of Northern Rhodesia. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... Nationalization or nationalisation is the act of transferring assets into public ownership. ... Kenneth Kaunda Kenneth David Kaunda, commonly known as KK (born April 28, 1924) was the first President of Zambia (1964–1991). ...

The region adjoins Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is similarly mineral-rich. The main cities of the Copperbelt include Kitwe, Ndola and Mufulira. Roads extend north into the Congo to Lubumbashi, but war in the Congo has brought economic contact between the two countries to a standstill. Capital Lubumbashi Created June 1960 Dissolved January 1963 Demonym Katangan Currency Katanga franc Katanga is the southern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, regional capital Lubumbashi (formerly Elizabethville). ... Kitwe is the third-largest town in Zambia, with a population of 363,734 (2000 census). ... Ndola is the second-largest city in Zambia, with a population of 374,757 (2000 census}. It is the main hub of the Copperbelt, a region in which Zambias copper is mined. ... Mufulira is a city in Zambia (population 120,516) near the Democratic Republic of the Congo border. ... Location Location in the Congo Government Province Katanga Mayor Floribert Kaseba Geographical characteristics Area     City 747 km²     Land   747 km² Population     City (2001) 1,139,064     Density   1,525/km² Time zone DRC2 (UTC+2) Lubumbashi (formerly Elisabethville) is ranked as the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of...

Districts

Districts of Copperbelt

Copperbelt Province is divided into 10 districts: Local government areas called districts are used, or have been used, in several countries. ...

• Chililabombwe
• Chingola
• Kalulushi
• Kitwe
• Luanshya
• Lufwanyama
• Masaiti
• Mpongwe
• Mufulira
• Ndola

Chililabombwe is a city located in the Zambian province of Copperbelt. ... Chingola is a municipality in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. ... Kalulushi, Zambia Kalulushi is a city in the Copperbelt province in north central Zambia. ... Kitwe is the third-largest town in Zambia, with a population of 363,734 (2000 census). ... Luanshya is a town in Zambia, in the Copperbelt Province near Ndola. ... Mufulira is a city in Zambia (population 120,516) near the Democratic Republic of the Congo border. ... Ndola is the second-largest city in Zambia, with a population of 374,757 (2000 census}. It is the main hub of the Copperbelt, a region in which Zambias copper is mined. ...

Geology

The Copperbelt region of Zambia and Congo D.R. is a 500 million year old mountain chain, the Lufilian Arc, which formed when two large pieces of continental crust, the Kalahari Craton and the Congo craton, collided. This collision was one of the many that happened between 700 and 500 million years ago to form the Gondwana supercontinent. The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... The thickness of the Earths crust (km). ... The Congo craton, covered by the Palaeozoic-to-recent Congo basin, is an ancient Precambrian craton that with four others (the Kaapvaal, Zimbabwe, Tazania, and West African cratons) makes up the modern continent of Africa. ... Gondwanaland redirects here. ... In geology, a supercontinent is a land mass comprising more than one continental core, or craton. ...

This collision is thought to have remobilised base metals, largely already present in the sediments that had accumulated in the basin between the two cratons. These brines then concentrated the base metals either along stratigraphic boundaries, or along fractures, faults or within structurally controlled 'traps' (such as the nose of a fold). The collision also produced crustal shortening, during which the stratigraphic sequence was tectonically pushed northwards on top of the Congo Craton. In chemistry, the term base metal is used informally to refer to a metal that oxidizes or corrodes relatively easily, and reacts variably with diluted hydrochloric acid (HCl) to form hydrogen. ... Brine is water saturated or nearly saturated with salt. ... Stratigraphy, a branch of geology, is basically the study of rock layers and layering. ... Geologic faults, fault lines or simply faults are planar rock fractures, which show evidence of relative movement. ... ...

The Lufilian Arc contains two diamictites, megaconglomerates of glacial origin. One of those is correlated with the Sturtian glaciation, while another correlates with the Marinoan Glaciation, both global glaciation events that had profound influence on the history of the planet. Diamictites (IPA: ) are non-sorted conglomerates with a wide range of clasts with up to 25% gravel sized (greater than 2 mm). ... Austrias longest glacier, the Pasterze, winds its 8 km (5 mile) route at the foot of Austrias highest mountain, the Grossglockner A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ... The Cryogenian Period (from Greek cryos ice and genesis birth) is the second geologic period of the Neoproterozoic Era, followed by the Ediacaran Period. ...

The Lufilian Arc is correlated along trend to the west with the Damara Orogen in Namibia, which also hosts large mineral deposits.

Coordinates: 13°00′S, 28°00′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...