Ndola is a town of Zambia, regional capital of the Copperbelt (literally girdles of copper ), an area of the country rich in layers of Cuivre. Exported copper provides a big part of the incomes of the country, which confers on the city a major place in the economy of the country. The city is connected to the capital Lusaka by road and.

The copper layers also made the fortune of the Congolese province close to the Katanga.