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Kitwe

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Kitwe (kē`twā), city (1990 est. pop. 338,200), N central Zambia, near the Congo; founded 1936. It is the main commercial and industrial center of the Copperbelt Copperbelt, mining region, N central Zambia, central Africa. A natural extension of the mineral-rich region of Katanga , the Copperbelt is one of the richest sources of copper in the world. Cobalt, selenium, silver, and gold are also produced.
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. Copper is mined, and food products, clothing, and plastics are manufactured there. The Zambia Institute of Technology is in Kitwe.


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Hometown: Born in Kitwe, Zambia, he now makes his home in Hancock Park.
The ZEHRP Ndola and Kitwe sites located in the Copperbelt and their sister project, Project San Francisco (PSF), located in Kigali, Rwanda, comprise the Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group (RZHRG).
Chibuluma West is situated 12 kilometres west of the main Copperbelt town of Kitwe and the Nkana smelting/refinery complex, and is currently the second most profitable mine in Zambia, producing approximately 9,500 tons of copper metal and 200 tons of cobalt per annum.
 
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