LUANSHYA

municipality, central Zambia, southern Africa. Known as the garden town of the copper belt, Luanshya is the service centre for the adjacent Roan Antelope mine. The terminus of a rail branch from Ndola (21 miles northeast), Luanshya is also connected by road to other copper-belt towns and has an airfield. Besides copper mining, industry includes steel production, general machine shops, and a variety of factories. Pop. (1980 prelim.) 132,164.