Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia uses Africa/Lusaka, currently CAT (UTC+02:00). No clock changes are scheduled in the next 12 months.
Kabwe is a city in Zambia, home to around 288,600 people. Unlike many places, it does not observe daylight saving time.
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Kabwe lies in central Zambia on the main road and rail line between Lusaka and the Copperbelt. It grew around a lead and zinc mine that operated for most of the twentieth century and left a serious legacy of soil contamination.
The town is known in palaeoanthropology for the Broken Hill skull, an important early human fossil found in the mine here and now held in London. The Mulungushi rock area outside the town has historical significance in Zambia's independence movement, and the town is otherwise a working transport centre.
Shared minibuses and taxis cover the town, and the main road and rail line connect north and south. Lusaka is around two hours away.
The dry, cooler months from around May to August are the most comfortable. The rainy season runs through the southern summer.
Zambia uses the ZMW, calling code +260.
Zambia uses the kwacha, and English is the official language with Bemba and Nyanja widely spoken. Greetings are extended, and mobile money is widely used.
