Nkana, Northern Rhodesia

E311509

human settlement mining town

Nkana, Northern Rhodesia was a mining town in what is now Zambia, historically known for its copper industry during the British colonial period.

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Label	Occurrences
Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia	1
Nkana, Northern Rhodesia canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human settlement ⓘ mining town ⓘ
associatedWithCommodity	copper ⓘ
associatedWithIndustry	mining industry ⓘ
colonialAdministration	British colonial administration in Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
colonialNameOfCountry	Northern Rhodesia ⓘ surface form: Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)
contributedTo	Copper exports from Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
countryDuringColonialPeriod	United Kingdom ⓘ
developedAs	company town for copper mining ⓘ
economicImportance	one of the important copper mining centers in colonial Central Africa ⓘ
economicRole	major copper mining center in Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
governedUnder	British colonial mining regulations ⓘ
historicalEra	British colonial period ⓘ
historicalSignificance	part of the development of the Zambian Copperbelt ⓘ
historicalStatus	colonial mining settlement ⓘ
infrastructureBuiltFor	supporting copper mining operations ⓘ
knownFor	copper industry ⓘ copper mining ⓘ
laborSource	African mine workers ⓘ European technical staff ⓘ
laterIntegratedInto	Kitwe urban area ⓘ
linkedTo	global copper markets ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Zambia ⓘ
locatedOn	Copperbelt Province ⓘ surface form: Zambian Copperbelt
partOf	Copperbelt Province ⓘ surface form: Copperbelt region
postColonialContinuation	continued as a copper mining center after Zambian independence ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity	extraction of copper ore ⓘ
regionType	mining district ⓘ
transitionedTo	part of independent Zambia’s mining economy ⓘ

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Denise Scott Brown → placeOfBirth → Nkana, Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

Wilbur Smith → placeOfBirth → Nkana, Northern Rhodesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia