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Luanshya

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Luanshya (lwänsh`yä), city (1990 pop. 146,275), N central Zambia, near the Congo border. It is a copper-mining center, located on 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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Luanshya 

a city in Zambia. Population, 98,000 (1970 census). It is linked by a branch line with the railroad to the port of Beira in Mozambique. The city is a copper-smelting center, and many of its inhabitants are employed in the copper mines.



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At the same time, Glencore-owned Mopani Copper Mine will expand and upgrade, and Luanshya Copper Mines and Chambishi Metals will both resume operations.
The 153 people in Luanshya, 250 kilometres north of the capital, were affected after drinking a non-alcoholic maize brew "munkoyo" and eating Zambia's staple thick maize porridge "nshima" in Roan township on Saturday.
Study Site and Patients The study was conducted at Thompson Hospital, a government district hospital serving Luanshya district in the Copperbelt province of Zambia.
 
 
 
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