Mita Hills Dam

Coordinates: 14°13′55″S 29°07′20″E / 14.231829°S 29.122092°E / -14.231829; 29.122092 Mita Hills Dam is an embankment dam with a hydroelectric power station and man-made lake near Kabwe, Zambia. It was constructed on the Lunsemfwa River by the Anglo American Corporation in the 1950s to supply the Broken Hill Mine at Kabwe.

The lake is approximately 30 km long by 3-5 km wide. Bream dominate the fish species in the lake.

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