Solwezi
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| Country | File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia |
| Province | North-Western Province |
| District | Solwezi District |
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
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| Climate | Cwb |
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Solwezi is a town in Zambia. It is the provincial capital of the mineral-rich North-Western Province. Solwezi is also the administrative capital of Solwezi District, one of the eleven districts in the North-Western Province.[1]
Geography
Location
Solwezi is located on the Chingola–Solwezi–Mwinilunga Road (T5 Road of Zambia), approximately 177 kilometres (110 mi) north-west of Chingola[2] and approximately 275 kilometres (171 mi) south-east of Mwinilunga, in the extreme northwest of the country.[3] The geographical coordinates of the city are:12°08'36.0"S, 26°23'09.0"E (Latitude:-12.143333; Longitude:26.385833).[4] Solwezi sits at an average elevation of 1,397 metres (4,583 ft) above mean sea level.[5]
Approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of the central business district, is the "Kifubwa Rock Stream Shelter", also Kifubwa Rock National Monument. It is located next to the Kifubwa River, with inscriptions dating from the Paleolithic period, carbon dated to about 6300 BC.[6] The conservation area measures approximately 2,590 square kilometres (1,000 sq mi) with the Kifubwa Stream Cave at its centre.[6]
Climate
Solwezi features a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa)[7] with distinct wet and dry seasons. October and November are the hottest months. Winters are milder, with July being the coolest month. The wet season, from November to March, experiences abundant rainfall. The dry season, from May to September, is marked by minimal precipitation.[8]
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Population
In 1990, the population of Solwezi was 23,435 people. In 2000, there were 38,121 people. The 2010 population census and household survey enumerated the population of the town at 90,856 inhabitants.[9]Page Module:Historical populations/styles.css has no content.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1990 | 23,435 | — |
| 2000 | 38,121 | +62.7% |
| 2010 | 90,856 | +138.3% |
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Economy
Solwezi is a mining town. As of 2015, the town was still developing, with infrastructure development running behind the swelling population. At that time, only the main street, Independence Road was named. Many of the other streets were un-named and unpaved. Copper is the main mineral extracted although cobalt, gold and uranium is also mined in the area.[1][10]
The adjacent Kalumbila District hosts Lumwana Mine, located about Template:Cvt west of Solwezi; and Kalumbila Mine, located about Template:Cvt west of Solwezi, and run by Barrick Gold. Kalumbila is operated by First Quantum Minerals. The deposits at Lumwana were discovered in 1961, but no serious work was carried out there until Equinox Minerals Limited became involved in 1999. Uranium is also mined in Kalumbila District at the Lumwana mine. The main industry of Solwezi District is copper mining at Kansanshi Mine (located about Template:Cvt north) run by First Quantum Minerals. Kansanshi Mine exploits copper-gold ore. The mining site has intermittently been running since the early 20th century for copper and gold.[11]
Tribes
Kaonde is the largest tribe represented in Solwezi, in addition to large numbers of Lunda and Luvale speaking people. The Kaonde is a tribe that, like the Lunda people, are descendants of the Luba-Lunda Empire of Congo. They were among the first Zambians to do mining of copper in Zambia as suggested by archaeological evidence at the Kansanshi Mine in Solwezi that dates back to the Iron Age. The Kaonde tribe falls under one of the main tribes of Zambia, among the Lozi, the Bemba, the Ngoni, the Tonga and the Luvale. The Kaonde tribe has about 300,000 people in Zambia and about 30,000 people in Southern DRC.[1]
Transportation
Solwezi is situated on the T5 Motorway, which connects the Copperbelt Province with Angola. Most people walk or drive around the town to get to and from different places. The Solwezi Airport is an airport near the T5 motorway.[12]
See also
References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hildah Lumba and Jowit Saluseki (21 June 2015). "Solwezi: Mining Town On The Rise". Times of Zambia. Ndola. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Flood Map (26 May 2020). "Elevation of Solwezi, Zambia". Floodmap.net. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nkole Nkole (30 September 2014). "Kifubwa Monument: Solwezi's Unique Treasure". Zambia Daily Mail. Lusaka. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria". Nature: Scientific Data. 23 October 2023.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Solwezi". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Central Statistical Office Zambia and City Population (14 July 2019). "Population of Zambian Cities and Urban Centres: Mwinilunga". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mining for Zambia (2016). "The Solwezi Effect". Miningforzambia.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kesselring, Rita (2017). "The electricity crisis in Zambia: Blackouts and social stratification in new mining towns" (PDF). Energy Research & Social Science. 30: 94–102. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Skybray (26 May 2020). "About Solwezi Airport". Skybray.aero. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
External links
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