Ndola is Zambia's third largest city by size and population, with 627,503 residents at the 2022 census, ranking after the capital Lusaka and after Kitwe, and it is second only to Lusaka in infrastructure development. It serves as the industrial and commercial center of the Copperbelt, Zambia's copper-mining region, and is capital of Copperbelt Province, lying just 10 kilometers from the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ndola is also home to Zambia's first modern stadium, the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude12.968889 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Ndola (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, population_total field
627,503
Infobox, population_as_of field
2022
Lead paragraph, founding statement
The town of Ndola was founded in 1904 by John Edward "Chiripula" Stephenson.
Infobox, elevation_m field
1300
Infobox, coordinates field
12°58′08″S 28°37′57″E
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Ndola - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 901344
-12.95867 28.63659 P PPLA ZM 08 627503 1307 Africa/Lusaka
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1307 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, 28.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -12.75, 28.75
-12.75 28.75 Cwa
Wikidata: Ndola
Wikidata Q219671, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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