Kabwe District Profile

Kabwe derives its name and existence from the rock of ore of Zinc and Lead. The name Kabwe is short for “Kabwe Ka Mukuba” meaning the stone of ore or the place of smelting. As a result of the significance this ore was to the local people, the old motto for the town was “from the earth we derived our being”. Kabwe was known as Broken Hill until 1967 when the pristine name of Kabwe was restored. Activities such as mining, farming and the railway that grew and served the town made Kabwe headquarters of Central province.

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