Kitwe is Zambia's second largest city by population, after Lusaka, in Copperbelt Province, with a population of 661,901 at the 2022 census. Established in 1936 as a railway junction, it grew into one of the country's most developed commercial and industrial centres around a complex of copper mines on its edges, including the Nkana Cobalt Plant.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude12.820833 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Kitwe (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1936-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 625,000 (2022)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -12.820833, longitude 28.211944
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1200 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 625000 (2022)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Kitwe - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 911148
-12.80243 28.21323 P PPL ZM 08 665961 1224 Africa/Lusaka
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1224 m
View the Source 3. Zambia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead, landlocked countryQuote, Lead, landlocked country
is a landlocked country in Southern Africa
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -12.75, 28.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -12.75, 28.25
-12.75 28.25 Cwa
Wikidata: Kitwe
Wikidata Q239580, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Kitwe (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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