Kariba, Zimbabwe, Africa
Year 1955 latitude: -16° 31' longitude: 28° 50' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Costain Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants 26,451 (2012) Target population Town website Town related links Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
The town was established to house workers who were constructing the Kariba Dam in the mid to late 1950s and was constructed by the contractor Costain. source: wikipedia
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