Nkana
Nkana is a section of the city of Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia which started off in the early part of the 20th century as a railway station to support the growing complex of copper mining operations.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kitwe.
Kitwe
Photo: Mike Rosenberg, CC BY 2.0.
Kitwe is the third largest city in terms of infrastructure development and second largest city in terms of size and population in Zambia. With a population of 517,543 Kitwe is one of the most developed commercial and industrial areas in the nation, alongside Ndola and Lusaka.
Nkana
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Zambia
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Copperbelt, Zambia, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Zulu—“Nkana” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Nkana”
- Fulah: “Nkana”
- German: “Nkana”
- Irish: “Nkana”
- Japanese: “ヌカーナ”
- Lithuanian: “Nkana”
- Russian: “Нкана”
- Zulu: “Nkana”
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