Mufulira

[ moo-fuh-leer-uh ]

noun

1. a city in N central Zambia, on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Mufulira

/ ˌmuːfuːˈlɪərə /

noun

1. a mining town in the Copper Belt of Zambia. Pop: 220 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

The 41-year-old moved to SeaTac in 2000 from his hometown of Mufulira, Zambia, and he hasn’t worked anywhere else.

From Seattle Times

Sept. 25, 1970: 89 dead, copper mine, Mufulira, Zambia.

From Washington Times

The EIB provided Mopani with a $50 million loan in 2005 to help fund renovation of the Mufulira copper smelter.

From Wall Street Journal

Mufulira town clerk Charles Mwandila told Reuters in an interview.

From Reuters

Roan and its companion mine Mufulira could flood the world's copper market, if that should be the desire of Board Chairman Alfred Chester Beatty, onetime partner of Herbert Hoover.

From Time Magazine Archive