Copperbelt
chigaŵa cha migodi mu Zambia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chigaŵa cha Copperbelt (Cinture du cuivre) ni chigaŵa cha ku Central Africa icho chili pa mphaka pakati pa kumpoto kwa Zambia na kumwera kwa Democratic Republic of Congo. Malo agha ghakumanyikwa na migodi ya mkuwa.
Kanandi lizgu lakuti Copperbelt likusazgapo vigaŵa vya migodi mu chigaŵa cha Copperbelt mu Zambia (mwakudumura matawuni gha Ndola, Kitwe, Chingola, Luanshya, na Mufulira) na vigaŵa vya Haut-Katanga na Lualaba mu Congo (mwakudumura Lubumbashi, Kolwezi, na Likasi). Chigaŵa ichi chili kufuma ku Katanga Supergroup, chigaŵa icho chili mu nyengo ya Neoproterozoic.
Mu vigaŵa vinyake, lizgu lakuti Copperbelt likung'anamura charu cha Congo yayi. Chigaŵa cha Copperbelt ku Zambia chikazgoka chigaŵa mwaluŵiro pamanyuma pakuti charu chazakaŵa na wanangwa mu 1964, apo chikachemekanga "chigaŵa cha kumanjiliro gha dazi". Mu 1969, pulezidenti Kenneth Kaunda wakasintha zina la chigaŵa ichi kuŵa "Copperbelt province". Kufuma waka apo ŵanthu ŵa ku Bantu ŵakambukira mu vyaru vinyake, chigaŵa cha Katanga ku Congo na Copperbelt ku Zambia, ŵakavichemanga kuti "Ilamba" panji "Lambaland". Vigaŵa vyose viŵiri ni vyakuzura na visomba.