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'''Kitwe''' is the second largest city in size and population in the [[country]] [[Zambia]].
Kitwe has a population of 504,194 (2010 [[census]]). Kitwe was found in 1936 as the [[Rhodesia Railways|railway line]] was being built by [[Cecil Rhodes]]' company.
The city is home to a number of mining operations including the Mopani Copper Mines.
== Twin towns – sister cities ==
Kitwe's has five Twin towns and sister cities:
* {{flagicon|ROU}} - [[Baia Mare]], [[Romania]]
* {{flagicon|SRB}} - [[Bor, Serbia|Bor]], [[Serbia]]
* {{flagicon|UK}} - [[Sheffield]], [[South Yorkshire]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} - [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]], [[United States]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} - [[Ponta Grossa]], [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]], [[Brasil]]

== Kitwe Media ==
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File:St John Convent School Kitwe.jpg|St John's Convent Catholic School in Kitwe.

File:Churches in Kitwe.jpg|St Margaret's church of [[United Church in Zambia]] (right) and Catholic parish of Sacred Heart run by [[Order of Friars Minor Conventual|Conventual Franciscans]] (left), on the corner of Obote Avenue and Independence Avenue.
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== Other websites ==
* [http://www.greatnorthroad.org/maps/nkana_kitwe/ Historical, vector-based map of Nkana-Kitwe, 1961] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928043522/http://www.greatnorthroad.org/maps/nkana_kitwe/ |date=2007-09-28 }}
== Reference ==
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[[Category:Cities in Zambia]]
[[Category:Copperbelt]]