Maamba is a town located in
Sinazongwe District in the
Southern Province,
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...
. It is about 35 kilometres south-west of
Sinazeze and about 250 km south-west of the capital city of Zambia,
Lusaka.
Maamba is a coal mining town with about 13000 residents.
History
Maamba gets its name from the
Lozi Tribe, meaning talkative person.
Maamba Coal Mine
Maamba is the home to the largest Coal Plant in Zambia at 300MW, built for U$750million and operated by Maamba Collieries Limited (MCL) which as of 2010 is 100% owned by Nava Bharat Ventures Limited (NVBL) of
India
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.
In 2021, Maamba Collieries Limited announced they were interested in increasing the capacity from 300 to 600MW.
References
Populated places in Southern Province, Zambia
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