Microlight Hanger Mana
The place
Microlight Hanger Mana in Central Province, Kabwe/Kapiri Mposhi area (Central Copperbelt plateau, Zambia), at 368 m elevation, on the central savanna plateau. Continuous Zambia cluster (batches 260-402). Microlight aircraft hangar on the central plateau (Kabwe, population 200,000, historically a lead-zinc mining town + the Copperbelt, producing 700,000 tonnes of copper per year, the 5th largest in the world + Kapiri Mposhi, an iconic crossroads on the 1975 Tazara railway built with USSR/Chinese support + heritage of the Bemba/Tonga peoples (Bantu Bemba, population 4 million, Bemba language + Tonga, population 1.5 million, Tonga language) + the iconic heritage of Zambian copper mining since 1899 under Union Minière and British colonisation, in what was then Northern Rhodesia + the iconic heritage of Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) and the British South Africa Company, founded 1889, in Rhodesia + the iconic heritage of independence on 24 October 1964 from the UK, with Kenneth Kaunda as the first president, serving 1964-1991, 27 years + the iconic heritage of Frederick Chiluba, 1991-2002, bringing multiparty democracy + Michael Sata, 2011-2014 + Hakainde Hichilema, 2021-present + the iconic heritage of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi, discovered by David Livingstone in 1855, 1.7 km wide, a UNESCO site since 1989 + the iconic heritage of the Kabwe lead pollution crisis, lead poisoning affecting 500,000 children, an iconic 21st-century environmental disaster).
The setting
Central Province, Kabwe/Kapiri Mposhi, Central Copperbelt plateau, Zambia, 368 m, central savanna plateau, continuous cluster batches 260-402, microlight aircraft hangar + Kabwe pop. 200,000, lead-zinc + Copperbelt 700,000 t/year, 5th largest worldwide + Kapiri Mposhi, Tazara railway 1975 with USSR/China, iconic, Bemba/Tonga Bantu peoples, Bemba pop. 4 million + Tonga pop. 1.5 million + copper mining since 1899 under Union Minière, British Northern Rhodesia, iconic + Rhodes 1853-1902, British South Africa Company founded 1889 + independence 24 Oct 1964 from UK, Kaunda 1964-1991, 27 years + Chiluba 1991-2002, multiparty + Sata 2011-2014 + Hichilema 2021-present + Victoria Falls on the Zambezi, discovered by Livingstone in 1855, 1.7 km wide, UNESCO site since 1989 + Kabwe lead poisoning affecting 500,000 children, iconic 21st-century disaster.
