Kabwe
Kabwe is the capital of the Zambian Central Province and the Kabwe District, with a population estimated at 288,598 at the 2022 census. Named Broken Hill until 1966, it was founded when lead and zinc deposits were discovered in 1902.
- City with about 299,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,170 metres (3,850 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code QKE
- …was formerly known as “Broken Hill”
- Description: city in central province of Zambia
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Latitude
-14.4434° or 14° 26′ 36″ south
Longitude
28.4465° or 28° 26′ 48″ east
UN/LOCODE
ZM QKE
Open location code
5GQCHC4W+JJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Kabwe” goes by many names.
KabweAfrikaans
ካብዌAmharic
كابويArabic
ԿաբվեArmenian
KabweAsturian
KabweAzerbaijani
КабвэBelarusian
কাবওয়েBengali
КабуеBulgarian
KabweCatalan
KabweCebuano
卡布韋Chinese
卡布韦Chinese
KabweCroatian
Broken HillCzech
KabweCzech
KabweDanish
KabweDutch
كابوىEgyptian Arabic
KabweEsperanto
KabweEstonian
KabweFinnish
კაბვეGeorgian
ΚάμπουεGreek
KabweHausa
קבווהHebrew
कबवेHindi
KabweIndonesian
KabweIrish
KabweItalian
カブウェJapanese
KabweJavanese
КабвеKazakh
КабвеKirghiz
카브웨Korean
KabweKotava
KabvėLithuanian
KabweMalay
КабвэMoksha
KabweNorthern Frisian
KabweNorwegian
KabweNorwegian Bokmål
KabweNorwegian Nynorsk
Kabwe-Ka MukubaNorwegian Nynorsk
KabweOromo
ਕਾਬਵੇPanjabi
کابوهPersian
کابوویPersian
KabwePolish
کابویPushto
KabweRomanian
Брокен-ХиллRussian
Kabwe, ZambiaSwahili
KabweSwedish
KabweTagalog
КабвеTajik
КабвеTatar
KabweTurkish
Брокен ХіллUkrainian
КабвеUkrainian
کابوےUrdu
KabveUzbek
KabweUzbek
KabweVenetian
KabweWaray (Philippines)
КабвеWestern Mari
KabweZulu
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