Katanga Province
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
Katanga Province was a province in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo before it was split into four provinces.[1][2] Its mountains have many valuable ores including the majority of the world's cobalt.
Katanga Province
Province du Katanga | |
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Former province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
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| Coordinates: 11°08′S 27°06′E / 11.133°S 27.100°ECoordinates: 11°08′S 27°06′E / 11.133°S 27.100°E | |
| Country |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Established | 1966 |
| Dissolved | 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 language | French |
| National languages spoken | Swahili |
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