Chingola

Chingola
Nchanga copper mine near Chingola
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Chingola Location in Zambia
Coordinates: 12°32′S 27°51′E
Country	Zambia
Province	Copperbelt Province
District	Chingola District
Elevation	4,472 ft (1,363 m)
Population  (2010 Census)
• Total	216,626
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
Climate	Cwa
Website	Chingola Municipal Council

Chingola ni msumba uwo uli mu chigaŵa cha Copperbelt mu Zambia, chigaŵa icho ŵanthu ŵakukagwirako ntchito ya migodi ya mkuwa. Mu msumba uwu ndimo muli migodi ya mkuŵa ya Nchanga, iyo yikaŵa na migodi yinandi ya mkuŵa, ndipo pamasinda (mu ma 1960s) mukaŵa migodi yiŵiri yakujulika, Chingola Open Pit na Nchanga Open Pit.

Mbili

Chingola wakapangika mu 1943, ndipo wakapangika pamasinda pakuyaniska na matawuni ghanyake gha ku Copperbelt. Chingola wakazengeka kuti wawovwire migodi ya mkuŵa ya Nchanga iyo yikajulika waka. Ku Chingola kuli tawuni yakucemeka Luanshya (iyo yikucemeka kuti "Mzinda wa Minda ya Mkuŵa").

Wonani vinandi on the 2020: Ritual killings in Zambia

Migodi

Wonani vinandi: Mining in Zambia § Konkola Copper and Cobalt Mines, and Mining in Zambia § Mimbula Copper Project

Malo agha ghali kumpoto kwa chigaŵa cha Copperbelt, ndipo ghakukwana makilomita 11. Chigaŵa chakunyang'amira chomene cha mbuna iyi chili pasi mamita 400.

Mimbula Copper Project ni malo gha copper oxide na sulphide, agho ghali ku Chingola ndipo ghali na layisensi ya migodi iyo yili na kampani ya Moxico Resources. Moxico Resources ni kampani ya migodi iyo yikugwira nchito ya kunozga na kusanda vinthu. Mu 2021, Moxico Resources yikamba kuzenga Leach Pad, Solvent Extraction and Electrowinning Plant ya matani 10,000. Chomerachi chikuyembekezeka kugwira ntchito mu Q2 2022 ndipo chikuyembekezeka kukulirakulira.

Kuyowoya

Mu tawuni iyi mukuŵa ofesi ya Zambia Railways iyo yikwendeska katundu pera. Munthavi uwu muli mulimo wakwendeska mkuwa ku malo ghakusungiramo mkuwa ku Nkana, Kitwe.

Mu 2013, ŵakapeleka ulongozgi wakuti paŵe nthowa yakuya ku Benguela Railway ku Angola.

Chingola wali pa Copperbelt Highway (T3 Road) iyo yikwenda kumpoto kwa Lubumbashi mu DR Congo kujumpha Chililabombwe na Konkola na kujumpha kumwera kwa mpumalanga kwa Kapiri Mposhi kujumpha Kitwe na Ndola. Likusangikaso pa msewu wa T5, uwo ukufuma kumanjiliro gha dazi kuya kumpoto-kumanjiliro gha dazi m'paka ku Solwezi na Mwinilunga.

Chingola wakwendeskeka na Kasompe Airport, IATA code CGJ. Chingola wali pa malo gha nambara 5 pa misumba iyo yili kukura comene mu Zambia. Vigaŵa ivyo vikukura comene ni Nchanga South & River Side. Chingola wakumanyikwa kuŵa umoza mwa misumba ya Zambia iyo yili na Intaneti yiwemi chomene. Kweniso pali malo ghaŵiri ghakugulira: The Park Mall na Motherland Shopping Mall.

Vipinda vya boma

Mu tawuni iyi muli vipatala viŵiri: Nchanga North General Hospital (ya boma, malo ghakukwana 283) na Nchanga South Hospital (ya KCM (Konkola Copper Mines Plc), malo ghakukwana 100). Mu tawuni iyi muli malo gha maseŵero agho ghakaŵa gha Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited, Nchanga Division. Vipinda vyose ivi vili pa Fern Avenue, padera pa malo gha gofu. Mu Chingola muli ma lodge ghanandi na hotelo yakucemeka Protea by Marriott Chingola iyo yili mumphepete mwa msewu wa Kabundi. Mpira wa mpira wa Nchanga Rangers ndi mpira waukulu kwambiri m'tawuniyi ndipo umasewera pa bwalo lalikulu kwambiri la mpira lomwe lili pafupi ndi madera a Nchanga North.

M'ma 1960, 1970, na 1980, Chingola wakacemekanga msumba wakutowa comene na wakutowa comene mu Zambia. Chifukwa chimoza ntchakuti kampani iyi yikagwiranga ntchito ya kupwelelera ŵanthu mu tawuni iyi, chomenechomene mu malo agho mukaŵa ŵanthu ŵanandi. Wupu wa migodi wa ZCCM Limited na mawupu ghanyake nga Nchanga Division, nawo ŵakaŵa na ndondomeko yikuru ya CSR iyo yikakhwaskanga vigaŵa vya ŵanthu awo ŵakakhalanga mu migodi yayi.

Vinthu Vyakupambanapambana vya Chingola

National Monument

• Hippo Pool on the Kafue River, 10 km north, established as a National Monument in 1954.

Other features

• Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, a sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees, lies 60 km north-west of Chingola.
• "Five Mile Rock", about 8 kilometres from Chingola on the right hand side of the road to Kitwe, is a popular landmark.
• The kapisha hot spring located in the outskirts of Kapisha compound.

Ŵanthu ŵakumanyikwa awo ŵakababikira mu Chingola

• Felix Bwalya (1970–1997), Zambian boxer
• Patson Daka Soccer Player
• Samuel Matete (born 1968), Zambian athlete