Kabwe, Zambia

E397497

city novelist

Kabwe, Zambia is a central Zambian town historically known as a major mining and railway hub and as the birthplace of novelist Wilbur Smith.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kabwe	5
Kabwe, Zambia canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ novelist ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf	Central Province, Zambia ⓘ Kabwe District ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
coordinateLocation	-14.4469, 28.4464 ⓘ
country	Zambia ⓘ
distanceTo	Lusaka, Zambia ⓘ surface form: Lusaka, about 130 km north
economicHistory	one of Zambia’s earliest major mining centers ⓘ
elevation	about 1200 meters above sea level ⓘ
environmentalIssue	lead pollution ⓘ toxic metal contamination ⓘ
formerName	Broken Hill ⓘ
geologicalFeature	rich lead-zinc ore deposits ⓘ
hasAirport	Kabwe Airport ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Mulungushi University (near Kabwe) ⓘ
hasFootballClub	Kabwe Warriors F.C. ⓘ Prison Leopards F.C. ⓘ
hasMine	Kabwe Mine ⓘ
hasNotablePerson	Wilbur Smith ⓘ
hazardRanking	listed among world’s most polluted places by some environmental groups ⓘ
historicalEvent	closure of Kabwe Mine in late 20th century ⓘ development as a railway town in early 20th century ⓘ
knownFor	birthplace of Wilbur Smith ⓘ lead and zinc mining ⓘ railway hub ⓘ
language	AbaBemba ⓘ surface form: Bemba English ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Province, Zambia ⓘ
locatedOn	Great North Road (Zambia) ⓘ
majorIndustry	agriculture ⓘ mining ⓘ rail transport ⓘ
partOf	Central Province, Zambia ⓘ surface form: Central Zambia
placeOfBirth	Kabwe, Zambia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kabwe
population	approximately 200000–250000 (early 21st century) ⓘ
postalCode	10101 (central Kabwe) ⓘ
railwayLine	Cape to Cairo Railway project ⓘ surface form: Cape to Cairo Railway (historical route) Tanzania–Zambia Railway (TAZARA) ⓘ surface form: Tanzania-Zambia Railway (TAZARA) connection
railwayOperator	Zambia Railways network ⓘ surface form: Zambia Railways
regionCode	ZM-02 ⓘ
roadConnection	Lusaka, Zambia ⓘ surface form: Lusaka Ndola ⓘ
sport	football ⓘ
timeZone	Central Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+2 ⓘ