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{{Infobox settlement
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|official_name          = Ndola
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'''Ndola''' is the third largest city in [[Zambia]], with a population of 455,194 (''2010 census provisional''). It is the [[Industry|industrial]] and [[Commerce|commercial]] center of the [[Copperbelt]], Zambia's [[copper extraction|copper-mining]] region, and capital of [[Copperbelt Province]]. It is also the commercial capital city of [[Zambia]] and has one of the three international airports, others being Livingstone and Lusaka.  It lies just 10&nbsp;km from the border with [[DR Congo]].<ref name="Spectrum">Camerapix: "Spectrum Guide to Zambia." Camerapix International Publishing, Nairobi, 1996.</ref>
'''Ndola''' is the third largest city in [[Zambia]], with a population of 455,194 (''2010 census provisional''). It is the [[Industry|industrial]] and [[Commerce|commercial]] center of the [[Copperbelt]], Zambia's [[copper extraction|copper-mining]] region, and capital of [[Copperbelt Province]]. It is also the commercial capital city of [[Zambia]] and has one of the three international airports, others being Livingstone and Lusaka.  It lies just 10&nbsp;km from the border with [[DR Congo]].<ref name="Spectrum">Camerapix: "Spectrum Guide to Zambia." Camerapix International Publishing, Nairobi, 1996.</ref>