Theory question 115
Geography of Africa(a) On an outline map of Africa, locate and name; (i) two areas (outside Nigeria) important for each of copper, gold and iron ore (ii) one important town in each area (iii) one port of export for each mineral
(b) In what four ways is copper important to any one of the areas shown on your map?
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(a) Copper: Zambian copperbelt (Kitwe/Ndola – Dar es Salaam/Beira), Shaba/Katanga in Zaire (Lubumbashi – Lobito/Matadi); gold: Witwatersrand, South Africa (Johannesburg – Durban), Ghana (Obuasi/Tarkwa – Takoradi); iron ore: Liberia (Bong/Nimba – Monrovia/Buchanan), Mauritania (Zouerate – Nouadhibou), also Guinea, Sierra Leone (Marampa – Pepel)
(b) Zambia: main source of foreign exchange; government revenue; employment; growth of copperbelt towns; development of railways (TAZARA) and power (Kariba); raw material for local industries (wire, cables); attracted investment and services
Keep the mineral, town and port in the same country.