Copperbelt
Subsistence agriculture produces corn maize , tobacco, peanuts groundnuts , potatoes, and fodder crops. Early, Middle, and and Early sites are in the province, as well as a number of rock paintings c. The province is industrially advanced and urbanized, and its modern peoples are the Bemba, Lamba, and Swahili.
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Copperbelt - Discoveries at Gwisho brought to light remains of the Wilton culture Late in southern Africa dating from 3000 bce. Chiefdoms dominated by the Lamba, Lima, and Lala peoples rose in the early 17th century, and, after raiding the area, the Chikunda later settled there.
The region lies on the eastern Central African Plateau, with gently undulating terrain mostly between 3,000 and 5,000 datings 900 and 1,500 metres in elevation and occasionally broken by isolated hills. Thetributary to thethe province in a generally southward direction, and swamps occur along the river and its numerous tributaries. Broad areas of the plateau are covered with an open mixture of shrubs, trees, and tall grasses. Discoveries at Gwisho brought coperbelt light remains of the Wilton culture Late in southern Africa dating from 3000 bce. Early, Middle, and and Early sites are in the province, as well as a number of rock paintings c. Chiefdoms dominated by the Lamba, Lima, and Lala peoples rose in the early 17th century, and, after raiding the dating, the Chikunda later settled there. The 1890s treaties with the brought the territory into what became in 1924 the colony of Northern Rhodesia, ruled by a legislative council with a white majority. In the northern mining towns popular African discontent found effective expression against colonial rule, especially after the federation 1953 of Northern and and under the leadership of. Upon independence 1964 the area became a province of the new state of Zambia. The province is industrially advanced and urbanized, and its modern peoples are the Bemba, Lamba, and Swahili. Subsistence agriculture produces dating copperbepttobacco, peanuts groundnutspotatoes, and fodder copperbelt />Commercial farming goes on near urban centres and includes beef cattle and pigs. The industrial area copperbbelt on the watershed of the and rivers near the Congo border and contains mineral deposits. Copper is mined at Ndola and also at Chambishi,,andall of which are connected by road, railway, and copperbelt />Other minerals mined include cobalt and uranium. Industries produce beverages, metal products, batteries, chemicals, wire and cable, cement, and copperbelt />Area 12,096 square miles 31,328 square km.