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==Geology== | ==Geology== | ||
The Copperbelt region of Zambia and Congo D.R. is a 500 million year old [[mountain chain]], the [[Lufilian Arc]], which formed when two large pieces of [[continental crust]], the [[Kalahari craton]] and the [[Congo craton]], collided. This collision was one of the many that happened between 700 and 500 million years ago to form the [[Gondwana]] [[supercontinent]]. | The Copperbelt region of Zambia and Congo D.R. is a 500 million year old [[mountain chain]], the [[Lufilian Arc]], which formed when two large pieces of [[continental crust]], the [[Kalahari craton]] and the [[Congo craton]], collided. This collision was one of the many that happened between 700 and 500 million years ago to form the [[Gondwana]] [[supercontinent]]. | ||
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Copperbelt Province is rich with mineral finds and mines. The name of the province is given by the rich finds of copper ore (e.g. Chingola, Konkola, Nchanga Mines), but notable are also emerald mines along Kafubu River, which in the first 6 months of 2011 yielded 3.74 tons of high quality emeralds. | Copperbelt Province is rich with mineral finds and mines. The name of the province is given by the rich finds of copper ore (e.g. Chingola, Konkola, Nchanga Mines), but notable are also emerald mines along Kafubu River, which in the first 6 months of 2011 yielded 3.74 tons of high quality emeralds. | ||
==Districts== | |||
Copperbelt Province is divided into 10 districts: | |||
*[[Chililabombwe District]] | |||
*[[Chingola District]] | |||
*[[Kalulushi District]] | |||
*[[Kitwe District]] | |||
*[[Luanshya District]] | |||
*[[Lufwanyama District]] | |||
*[[Masaiti District]] | |||
*[[Mpongwe District]] | |||
*[[Mufulira District]] | |||
*[[Ndola District]] | |||
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==Wildlife areas== | |||
:''For more detail see [[Wildlife of Zambia#Copperbelt Province|''Copperbelt Province'' in the Wildlife of Zambia]]'' | |||
There are no national parks in this most urban and industrial of Zambia's provinces. Other parks with wildlife aspects: | |||
*Chembe Bird Sanctuary west of [[Kitwe]] includes crocodiles and [[Sitatunga]] as well as plentiful bird life. | |||
*[[Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage]] (established mainly to rescue captive non-indigenous chimpanzees). | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Copper mining]] | [[Category:Copper mining]] | ||
[[Category:Geology of Zambia]] | [[Category:Geology of Zambia]] | ||
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