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46-786: [REDACTED] Look up nla in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. NLA may refer to: NLA, the IATA code for Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola, Zambia National Language Authority , a regulatory institution of Urdu language in Pakistan National League A , the premier ice hockey league in Switzerland National Leather Association International ,

92-575: A BDSM organization based in the United States National Liberation Army (disambiguation) National Lipid Association , an American association of healthcare providers dedicated to improve lipid management in clinical medicine Network Level Authentication , in computing, a user authorizing technology New Large Airplane , a defunct airplane project New London Architecture , a resource and forum for London's built environment Newspaper Licensing Agency ,

138-655: A Zambian syllabus and providing some facilities such as athletics, swimming, basketball, rugby, football, chess, and softball. The school was founded and is run by the Sisters of John the Baptist (the Baptistines ). Kawama Pentecostal Holiness School (not to be confused with Kawama School in Kamitondo) is currently under construction by Cranleigh School in partnership with a UK charity, Beyond Ourselves . The school

184-595: A flying club that trains pilots near the Showgrounds. The flying club is housed in the area that was occupied by the former Kitwe airport. Kitwe has three universities: CBU (Copperbelt University) is a public university that was initially the Zambia Institute of Technology (ZIT), then part of UNZA (University of Zambia) (oddly, as University of Zambia, Ndola campus, "UNZANDO"). It was separated and established as an independent institution in 1987. It

230-465: A lunch time meal and school uniform for every child. The feeding programme which provides a meal is particularly important as it not only provides employment for local women in the kitchen, but vitally it means that the children are receiving at least one square meal per day. In a region where the HIV/AIDS rate is very high, and many children are on ARV's (antiretroviral drugs), being adequately nourished

276-609: A newspaper licensing organization in the United Kingdom Numerical linear algebra , the study of algorithms for performing linear algebra computations Libraries [ edit ] Nebraska Library Association Nevada Library Association National libraries [ edit ] National Library of Afghanistan , based in Kabul University prior to its destruction in a civil war. National Library of Agriculture , more accurately known as

322-431: A number of extracurricular activities like chess, table tennis, volleyball, basketball, tennis, squash, rugby, hockey, football, cricket, athletics, swimming, softball, netball, handball, baseball, rounders, a Duke of Edinburgh program, and martial arts. Lechwe school is known for its students' abilities: swimmer Ellen Hight represented Zambia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, swimmers Andre and Ursula Kuenzli represented Zambia in

368-619: A visit to the Kitwe schools in 2005. Kitwe has a number of private schools, six being: Kitwe International School is a privately owned international school with a campus in Nkana West at plot 10, 9th Avenue, off Boma Street. It offers quality tuition in sciences and arts. It also offers tuition for degree programs especially to students studying by distance. It offers consultancy services in project proposals and dissertation writeup. The school became operational on 1 June 2012. Lechwe School

414-713: Is 50 km to the south-east and services regular commercial flights from Lusaka , Solwezi , Addis Ababa , Nairobi , and Johannesburg . A student and teacher exchange programme was introduced in 1999 with teacher exchange visits by Kingsmead Community School in Wiveliscombe , England with two Kitwe schools – Helen Kaunda High School and Mukuba High School. This started a series of partnerships between Zambian schools such as Chamboli, Mukuba, Ndeke Secondary, Ndeke Basic, Kitwe Boys, Kitwe Basic, Wesely Nyerenda, Fatima, Nkana High, etc. and UK schools, and there are now over 30 such school partnerships. Students from Kingsmead paid

460-472: Is a small school that provides pre-school and primary school following a Zambian Standard syllabus (mainly Macmillan and Longman), and provides the basic facilities in swimming and athletics four times a week. Despite its small size, it produces one of the nation's best Grade 7 composite examination. St. Johns Convent School is one of the largest Catholic schools in the province, a convent school that provides pre-school, primary and secondary teaching following

506-633: Is a trust school that provides pre-school, primary, and secondary school education. It offers the Zambian syllabus. Nkana Trust School is known for having one of the best sports and education facilities in the city and the country as a whole. Nkana trust school students produce best results in Grade 7 composite final examinations and Grade 10 and 12 final examinations. Nkana trust formally called Kitana trust has produced notable names such as Zambia's king of comedy and film director Bob Nkosha. Elim Primary School

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552-403: Is essential for this medication to work effectively. Cranleigh School is now actively seeking to sponsor every child attending Kawama School. This is being achieved through direct appeals to parents, and through campaigns in each boarding house, who are using ingenious ways to raise the necessary funds. Kitwe has a mining school, Konkola Trust School , that trains miners in the copperbelt; and

598-526: Is located in the Copperbelt Province and is made up of townships and suburban areas including Parklands, Riverside, Buchi, Chimwemwe, Kwacha, Nkana East, Nkana West, Garneton, Ndeke, Miseshi, Wusakile, Mindolo, Chachacha and Race Course, to mention a few. The city is sometimes referred to as Kitwe-Nkana . Nkana is derived from the name of Senior Chief Nkana of the Lamba speaking people of

644-426: Is located in the suburbs of Kitwe in the deprived area of Kawama. In August 2011, 17 past and present students of Cranleigh School spent two weeks laying the blocks of the 4 classroom building located adjacent to the current church building. Another Cranleigh School trip is planned for October 2011 with the aim of completing the school building and opening the new school to the 210 students (who currently all study in

690-402: Is one of the biggest schools in the city. An international school, it provides pre-school, primary, secondary, and advanced level teaching following a Cambridge curriculum. Lechwe school is a multi-cultural school, hence there is not much religious teaching but a large number of subject options in secondary and advanced level schooling. The school is known for having a good disciplinary policy and

736-500: Is one of the biggest universities in the country as it has over 11,000 students and over 1,200 members of staff. The university is organised under a lifelong education directorate and ten schools namely: Copperstone University a privately owned university, located in the adjacent Luanshya District on the Ndola-Kitwe Dual Carriageway . Zambia Catholic University a private university owned and run by

782-472: Is produced from five sources: four underground mines namely, Mindola North Shaft, Mindola Sub Vertical Shaft, Central Shaft, South Ore Body (SOB) Shaft and open pits dotted across the Nkana Oxide Cap. The following is a list of Mining Companies in Kitwe (as of 2019), Kitwe lies at the end of Zambia Railways passenger services from Livingstone , Lusaka and Ndola , but freight lines continue to

828-586: Is reachable, by road, using the Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial access road, off the Ndola-Kitwe Dual Carriageway . It is approximately 15 kilometres west of Ndola city centre by road. The airport has a single runway, designated 09/27 and 3,500 metres (11,500 ft) in length. The following airlines have scheduled passenger service at Ndola International airport: 12°57′42″S 28°31′00″E  /  12.96167°S 28.51667°E  / -12.96167; 28.51667 Kitwe Kitwe

874-503: Is the default college for Mining Engineering students. Mpelembe has produced some of the best students at grade nine and twelve levels with some among the top two in the nation. The former students have an association known as MESA [Mpelembe Ex-Students Association] which has been sponsoring deserving students to do grade 10–12 at the school. Ex-Mpelembe students are scattered all over the world working for various organisations ranging from Government departments to Google. Nkana Trust School

920-471: Is the third largest city in terms of infrastructure development (after Lusaka and Ndola) and second largest city in terms of size and population (after Lusaka) in Zambia . With a population of 517,543 ( 2010 census provisional ) Kitwe is one of the most developed commercial and industrial areas in the nation, alongside Ndola and Lusaka . It has a complex of mines on its north-western and western edges. Kitwe

966-636: Is why it opened the following year. Before August 2021, the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport was at an old location , in the Itawa suburb of Ndola (south-east of the city centre). Ndola's airport in Itawa officially became a civilian airport in the 1950s after first being used as a military base. Previously, it was known as Ndola Airport and in September 2011, President Michael Sata decided to rename

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1012-516: The COVID-19 pandemic . On 5 August 2021, President Edgar Lungu commissioned the opening of the new airport, although it took about two more months for all operations to complete moving from the old airport to the new airport 15 kilometres west of the city centre. The airport started operations on 7 October 2021. As such, the old airport in the Itawa suburb is no-longer a commercial airport (no-longer named SMK International) and now belongs to

1058-535: The Congo Pedicle to the north. Southdowns Airport lies about 12 km south-west of the town but does not receive any scheduled services. As of April 2024, there are plans by the government of Zambia to transform Southdowns Airport into a military base, therefore transferring the management responsibilities from Zambia Airports Corporation Limited to the Zambian Air Force . Ndola Airport

1104-625: The T3 road ), Mukuba Mall (in Parklands at the former Kitwe zoo location) and ECL Business Park (Freedom Park). Mukuba Mall was opened in April 2015 by President Edgar Chagwa Lungu and cost $ 50 million to construct. The Freedom Park mall was slated to open in 2014, with construction starting and stopping several times. In May 2016, work resumed and in December 2018, the mall was officially opened and

1150-497: The Zambian Air Force . On 30 July 2021, President Edgar Lungu gave the old airport location a name, Peter Zuze Air Force Base , named after Zambia's first indigenous air commander. Ndola remains having one commercial airport. The airport is located adjacent to the Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial and Ndola Girls Technical Secondary School in the western part of Ndola District . It

1196-533: The 1950s ) was built to serve the city of Ndola, the administrative capital of the Copperbelt province. However, as the relocated Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport opened in 2021, it now serves the cities of Kitwe and Ndola in the Copperbelt , Zambia's 2nd and 3rd most populous cities. It additionally handles domestic, regional and international flights for both passengers and cargo. In late 2021,

1242-605: The Austrian National Library National Library of Azerbaijan See also [ edit ] National Library of Antigua and Barbuda , more accurately known as the Antigua Public Library Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title NLA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

1288-773: The Commonwealth Games in England in July 2002, Jacob Mulenga main striker of the Zambian Football Team, and swimmer Jade Howard represented Zambia in the FINA World Championship. Eppa Tembo, a chess player, represented Zambia in 2008 World Championship. Mpelembe Secondary School is one of the biggest secondary schools in the city and a preeminent secondary school. It offers Zambian Standard syllabus and Cambridge curriculum. Being one of

1334-521: The Copperbelt Province. His area covers the towns of Kitwe, Mufulira , Kalulushi and Chambishi . Kitwe has both private and public schools which include Lechwe School, Mpelembe Secondary School, Kitwe Boys Secondary School , Parklands Secondary School, Mukuba Secondary School, Nkana Trust School and Helen Kaunda Secondary School. It is also home to Zambia's second highest learning institution, namely The Copperbelt University . Kitwe

1380-566: The Kitwe City Council, Kitwe accounted for 24% of the population on the Copperbelt province as of 2019. The United Nations World Population Prospects estimated that the current metro area population of Kitwe in 2021 stood at 710,000 while the Zambia Statistics Agency had shown a higher figure of 738,320 as of 2019. The city hosts well over one quarter of the population of the Copperbelt province. The majority of

1426-557: The Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation (MEF), which executes the programme, offers a three-month Peace Certificate covering conflict analysis, conflict resolution, human rights, training of trainers, mediation skills, restorative justice and non-violent strategies. A nine-month Peace Certificate in conflict resolution, peace-building, computer training and democracy is also offered. Dentist surgeries include: Other health facilities and Hospitals include: According to

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1472-702: The Ministry of Education in 1974. The city is also home to many colleges and institutes. The Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation, founded in 1958, in Mindolo Township, Kitwe. Mindolo is an interdenominational center that serves as a place of worship, study, consultation and reconciliation. The campus includes: The Dag Hammarskjöld 'Messengers of Peace' Training Programme is run by the Foundation. The objectives of this bi-annual two-week training programme are: In addition to this two-week training programme,

1518-567: The Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport moved its operations to its current location adjacent to the Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial from its previous location in Ndola's Itawa suburb. This new airport was engineered by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC International) at a cost of $ 397 million. It was expected to be completed in Mid-2020 but was delayed by setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic , which

1564-950: The United States National Agricultural Library National Library of Albania National Library of Aleppo National Library of Algeria National Library of Andorra , more accurately known as the Andorra National Library National Library of Angola National Library of Argentina , more accurately known as the Mariano Moreno National Library of the Argentine Republic National Library of Armenia National Library of Aruba National Library of Australia National Library of Austria , more accurately known as

1610-539: The Zambia Episcopal Conference is located in Kalulushi , 15.2 km (15 minutes drive) from the city of Kitwe. Mukuba University formerly known as Copperbelt Secondary Teachers' College (cosetco), has had the important specialized function of training teachers of Science, Mathematics and Home Economics for the nation's secondary schools, a task it has performed since it was first opened by

1656-599: The airport in honour of Simon Kapwepwe , the nation's former vice-president. On 5 August 2021, Ndola's airport was officially moved from Itawa to a new address, 15 kilometres west of the city centre, just north of the Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial , which is its current address. While under construction, the airport's current location was known as the Copperbelt International Airport until construction finished in August 2021, when it

1702-675: The base for a number of mining operations including the Mopani Copper Mines . Kitwe has rich copper, cobalt and emerald deposits among other minerals. It is home to Mopani Copper Mine's Nkana Cobalt Plant, one of Africa's largest mines. The mine is located 1 km south west of the Kitwe city centre. Nkana cobalt mine is the deepest mine on the Zambian Copperbelt. It has two shafts below 1,300 meters and three open pits. The plant treats cobalt concentrates to produce high purity cobalt metal. At Nkana, copper and cobalt ore

1748-405: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NLA&oldid=1214217175 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport The original Ndola Airport in Itawa (opened in

1794-587: The main centre. The Rhodesia Railways main line reached the town in 1937, providing passenger services as far south as Bulawayo in today's Zimbabwe, with connections to Cape Town in today's South Africa. The line was extended into DR Congo , and from there eventually linked to the Benguela Railway to the Atlantic port of Lobito in Angola, which used to take some of Zambia's copper exports. With

1840-531: The mining towns to the north-west ( Chingola and Chililabombwe ) and north ( Mufulira ). The main highway through the Copperbelt (the T3 highway ) runs south-east to north-west through the city, to Ndola (as a dual carriageway) in the south-east, and to Chingola (as a dual carriageway) and Chililabombwe in the north-west. A laterite road (the M7 road ) goes west to Kalulushi and Kasempa . The M4 road connects Sabina (just north-west of Kitwe) with Mufulira and

1886-460: The population of Kitwe, about 98.5%, are Christians but there are some minority groups such as Muslims and Hindus. There are also some Sikhs, Jains and Jews. The landscape around Kitwe is an attractive mix of gently undulating woodland, dambos , farmland and rivers such as the Kafue River flowing along Kitwe's eastern and southern edges. Kitwe has three shopping malls: Copper Hill (on

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1932-655: The single-room church building) in January 2012. The construction work has been funded largely by the money raised in a Sponsored Walk held during the Summer of 2010 and marks the start of a long-term relationship between Cranleigh and Kawama School over the coming years. Cranleigh School is now working to develop the Child Sponsorship Programme at Kawama which will provide a salary for the staff (allowing them to complete their teaching qualifications) plus

1978-794: The top 10 best schools in Zambia, Mpelembe has a highly selective admissions at both eighth and tenth grade entry levels. Each year, there are thousands of applicants and only about one hundred and fifty students are enrolled. Mpelembe has an A level program under the Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate. Students who meet the grades go on to study at universities in the UK, US, Canada, South Africa and other developed countries. The most popular Universities for Mpelembe Students are University of Manchester, Birmingham, UMIST, Imperial college, Leeds University. Camborne School of Mines

2024-401: The upsurge of copper prices in the 1950s Kitwe developed from a small township to the second largest city in Zambia, obtaining city status in 1966. It then developed as an industrial and commercial area and later an important agricultural area. The good central position of the city in the Copperbelt area made it the most popular choice for industrial developers even today in the 2020s. Kitwe is

2070-427: Was commissioned by President Edgar Lungu . At that point, it was renamed Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport , the name of the original airport. The new airport also retained the same IATA code (NLA). The new airport was engineered by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC International) at a cost of $ 397 million. It was expected to be completed in Mid-2020 but was delayed by setbacks due to

2116-409: Was founded in 1936 in north-central Zambia as the railway was being built by Cecil Rhodes ' company. It was first established as an adjunct, non-mining-related but supportive part of an expanding copper-mining centre at Nkana . The expanding copper mines at Nkana made it the dominant centre in the region and Kitwe started building up its size and significance over the years, finally surpassing Nkana as

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