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Visit Goleka.com for more guides on Zambia">Ndola is the third-largest city in Zambia, with a population of 774,757 (2007 estimate). Ndola lies 320 kilometers north of Lusaka. It is the industrial, commercial, administrative and distribution on the Copperbelt, Zambia's copper-mining region, and capital of Copperbelt Province. Once, the largest industrial centre of Zambia, boasting, among many high-powered sites, a Land Rover vehicle assembly plant, Dunlop Tire manufacture, Johnson & Johnson Industry, Ndola's economy shrunk significantly between 1980 and 2000. Many closed factories and plants lie unoccupied in the town. Ndola is also the commercial capital city of Zambia and has one of the three international airports, others being Livingstone and Lusaka. It lies just 10 km from the border with DR Congo. Ndola has huge limestone reserves which are believed to be among the most homogeneous of their kind in the world. The town is the gateway to the mineral producing region of the country and there are many manufacturing industries located here. A fairly good sized city, it serves as the midway stop between Lusaka and Kitwe. The significant sports places in Ndola are, Ndola Tennis Club (membership), Ndola Swimming Pool (public), the Kanini area (about 3 km from city centre and home to several sports clubs and playing fields like Ndola Wanderers Football Club, a rugby club, and others). About 10 km north-west of the city centre, there is a motor racing track popular with weekend motorbike enthusiasts. The city has several recreational green parks which enjoy a very basic level of maintenance and are open to the public. Of particular significance is the Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial located some 10 km north of Ndola city centre. Ndola is on the Zambia Railways line with passenger and freight services running between Kitwe and Livingstone via Kabwe and Lusaka. Freight branch lines run to other Copperbelt towns and from Ndola to Lubumbashi in DR Congo via Sakania. A dual carriageway links Ndola to Kitwe, the Copperbelt's second city, and other tarred highways link to Mufulira and Lusaka. Ndola Airport has scheduled domestic services to Lusaka and an international service to Johannesburg and Dar es Salaam. The oil pipeline from Dar es Salaam terminates at the Indeni Oil Refinery in the town. Visit Goleka.com for more guides on Zambia
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