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Kitwe

City in Zambia

Also known as Kitwe-Nkana

Country: Zambia
Located in: Copperbelt Province
Population: 625,000(August 18, 2022)
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1.citypopulation.de/de/zambia/cities/
View statement on Wikidata ↗
, 504,194(2010)
, 488,400(2008)
+1 more
Elevation: 1,200 m
Founded: 1936

Overview

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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 661,901 as of the 2022 census, Kitwe is one of the most developed commercial and industrial areas in the nation, alongside Ndola and Lusaka. It has a complex of mines on its north-western and western edges.

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47 statements · 15% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Twinned administrative body: Baia Mare(since 1972)
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Native label: Kitwe-Nkana
Official name: Kitwe-Nkana

On other databases

26 identifiers linking Kitwe across the web's reference databases

-12.8208, 28.2119OpenStreetMap ↗

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15%

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AIDB. (2026). Kitwe (Q239580). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/kitwe-Q239580