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Population
: 1,581,221
Area : 31,328 km²
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Copperbelt Province in Zambia covers
the mineral-rich Copperbelt, and farming and bush areas to the south.
It was the backbone of the Northern Rhodesian economy during British
colonial rule and fuelled the hopes of the immediate post-independence
period, but its economic importance was severely damaged by a crash
in global copper prices in 1973 and the nationalization of the copper
mines by the government of Kenneth Kaunda. The province adjoins Katanga
province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is similarly
mineral-rich.
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