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Former province in DR Congo
Katanga Province
Province du Katanga
Former province
Congo provinces in 1914
Coordinates: 09°S26°E / 9°S 26°E / -9; 26
Country
DR Congo
Established
1966 (1966)
Dissolved
2015 (2015)
Capital
Lubumbashi
Largest city
Lubumbashi
Area
• Total
496,871 km2 (191,843 sq mi)
Population
(2010 est.)
• Total
5,608,683
• Density
11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Demonym
Katangese
Official:
French
National:
Swahili
Other:
English
Malachite specimen, showing the original botryoidal form and a polished face of the opposite half of the specimen. Mines in the vicinity of Kolwezi supply much of the polishing-grade malachite in the world.Another malachite specimen from Katanga, on display at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Katanga was one of the four large provinces created in the Belgian Congo in 1914.
It was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Tanganyika, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba, and Haut-Katanga provinces. Between 1971 and 1997 (during the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko when Congo was known as Zaire), its official name was Shaba Province.[1]
Katanga's area encompassed 497,000 square kilometres (192,000 sq mi). Farming and ranching are carried out on the Katanga Plateau. The eastern part of the province is a rich mining region which supplies cobalt, copper, tin, radium, uranium, and diamonds. The region's former capital, Lubumbashi, is the second-largest city in the Congo.[2][3]
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^George, Mr Francis Stevens (6 February 2014). China and Africa Love Affair. Francis Stevens George. ISBN 9781494998516. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
^"Biggest Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo". WorldAtlas. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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