town, one of the largest in Zambia, located on the Congo (Kinshasa) border near Kitwe. It is linked by road and rail to the capital, Lusaka, and to Livingstone and thus to Zimbabwe, as well as to Congo and Tanzania. Industries include a metallurgical plant, a sugar refinery, a tire factory, an auto-assembly plant, and various mine service industries. It is now the terminus of the Tazama fuel pipeline from Dar es Salaam, Tanz. The town is home to Northern Technical College (1964) and Copperbelt University, formerly the Ndola Campus of the University of Zambia (1978). Pop. (2000) urban area, 374,757.