Chililabombwe (formerly named Bancroft) is a small town in

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. It is located near the

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border. The name Chililabombwe means 'place of the croaking frog' in the local language of Lamba. The town has a population of 87 000 based on census data from 2010, making it one of the largest towns in the Copperbelt. The town is on the T3 road, 26 km north of the neighbouring town of

Chingola Chingola is a city in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, the country's copper-mining region, with a population of 216,626 (2010 census). It is the home of Nchanga Copper Mine, a deep-shaft high-grade content copper mining operation, which subsequent ...

, and approximately 10 km south of the large border market of Kasumbalesa. It has also produced national heroes like the late soccer star Eston Mulenga and many others. It's a home for the bundu people. The town's main economic activity is

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. Chililabombwe town also has small communities like

Konkola Konkola is an area of Zambia, near Chingola, on the border with Congo. It has large copper reserves. There is a copper smelter at Nchanga. Konkola Copper Mines Konkola Copper Mines established a major mine in the area; it is now controlled by V ...

. Konkola town is the home of Konkola Copper Mine.

Politics

The current mayor is Lucky Sichone supported by the deputy mayor, Getrude Witola. The town is represented in the

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by the Chililabombwe constituency and the current Member of Parliament is Paul Kabuswe.

Mining

Chililabombwe has 16 mines. The primary mine is Konkola Copper Mines. Konkola Copper Mine is one of Africa's largest copper producers, owned by

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Limited. Prior to privatization efforts in 2000, the mine was owned by

ZCCM ZCCM Investments Holdings is a successor company to Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited (ZCCM Ltd), of Zambia. History The company, ZCCM, was formed by a gradual process of nationalization and corporate concatenation which began in Janu ...

, a Zambian copper mining conglomerate. The Zambian government possessed a 60,3% stake in ZCCM. Lubambe Copper Mine, formerly known as Konkola North, is a mine operated by Australian private equity firm, EMR Capital Resources.

Tourism

Chililabombwe is well known for its hospitality and many informal markets. The small mining town is also home to a number of guest lodges, such as the town's first guest lodge, the Tabernacle Guest Lodge, which began operations a decade ago. Since then, additional guest lodges such as Hillview Guest House,Skyways Guest Lodge Dopchim Guest Lodge and king dezza lodge have also become well known in the Copperbelt region.

Sport

Chililabombwe is the home of the Zambian football club,

Konkola Blades Konkola Blades is a Zambian professional football club based in Chililabombwe, that competes in the Zambian Premier League. They play their home games at the 20,000-capacity Konkola Stadium in Chililabombwe. Achievements * Zambian Cup: ::1983, 1 ...

. The team play their home games at the Konkola Stadium in Chililabombwe, which has a seating capacity of 25,000.

References

Populated places in Copperbelt Province {{Zambia-geo-stub

Politics

Mining

Tourism

Sport

See also

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