curprev20:1520:15, 2 April 2020 Kenneth Ngalamikatalkcontribs m7,479 bytes+7 Copperbelt province was given by president Kaunda to the lambaland which was called western province at the time of independence of Zambia in 1964. The original name is ilamba or the lambaland, which land was inhabited by the Lamba people as far back as 1600.undoTags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit