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Chingola(chĭng-gō`lä), city (1990 pop. 167,954), N central Zambia. It is a copper-mining center, located on the CopperbeltCopperbelt,
mining region, N central Zambia, central Africa. A natural extension of the mineral-rich region of SE Congo, the Copperbelt is one of the richest sources of copper in the world. Cobalt, selenium, silver, and gold are also produced.
..... Click the link for more information. . The city was founded in 1943 to provide services for the adjacent copper-mining center of Nchanga.
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a city in Zambia. Population, 130,000 (1972, estimate). Linked by railroad with the city of Ndola, Chingóla is one of the centers of the Copperbelt of Central Africa.
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