| Ndola | |
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| Information | |
| Country |  Zambia |
|---|---|
| Region | Copperbelt |
| Population | 144 657 hab. |
| Spindle | UTC 02:00 |
| Location | |
 12 ° 58 ′ 6 ″ S 28 ° 38 ′ 1 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
Ndola is a city Zambia, regional capital of Copperbelt.
Understand
The city has an economy almost exclusively based on the exploitation of copper deposits which gives the city a major place in the country's economy.
Weather
Ndola
Precipitation diagram in mm
| J | F | M | TO | M | J | J | TO | S | O | NOT | D |
Temperature diagram in ° C | |||||||||||
26.6 17.1 | 26.9 17.1 | 27.4 16.5 | 27.5 14.4 | 26.6 10.8 | 25.1 7.9 | 25.2 7.8 | 27.5 10.2 | 30.5 13.6 | 31.5 16.2 | 29.4 17.1 | 27 17.2 |
| 293 | 249 | 170 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 130 | 306 |
| Temp. max. annual mean in ° C 27.6 | |||||||||||
| Temp. min. annual mean in ° C 13.8 | |||||||||||
| Annual precipitation in mm 1233 | |||||||||||
| Legend: Temp. maxi and mini in ° C • Precipitation in mm | |||||||||||
Source:NOAA | |||||||||||
To go
By plane
Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe Airport
- 1 Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport (IATA : NLA)
| Company | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Airlink | Johannesburg |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
| Interair South Africa | Johannesburg |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi |
| Proflight Zambia | Lusaka, Kasama, Mansa and Solwezi |
| South African Airways | Johannesburg |
By train
The city is connected to the capital Lusaka and Livingstone by rail.
- 2 Ndola Station
By car
Ndola is 4 to 5 h drive from Lusaka on a good paved road.
By bus
Buses run from Lusaka bound for Ndola. The price for a one-way ticket is 65 kwacha (approx. 13 €).
Circulate
To see
- 1 Copperbelt Museum – One of the country's four national museums. It was established in 1962.
- 2 Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial (at about 10 km southwest of Ndola.) – Site of the plane crash of former UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld with memorial and museum.
- 3 Nsobe Game Camp ,
260 212 671 008, 260 212 671 097 (cellphone)
Do
To buy
Eat
- Bei Tempi – Pizza and pasta
- 1 Michelangelo's 126 Broadway Road, Ndola, 260 212 620325, e-mail : [email protected] – Luxury resaturant with possibility of accommodation.
Have a drink / Go out
Housing
- 1 Kinsa Lodge 24 petauke crescent, Kansenshi, Ndola, Zambia, 260 212 681996, 260 955 888195 (cellphone), e-mail : [email protected] – This hotel is very popular with business travelers and NGO workers. Rooms have a TV, mini fridge and electric kettle. Breakfast and dinner are available. The hotel bar plays football, so it can get loud on game nights.
