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| Country |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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| Capital | Lubumbashi | ||||
| Largest city | Lubumbashi | ||||
| National language | Swahili, Tshiluba | ||||
| Land area¹ | 496 871 km² | ||||
| Governor | Moïse Katumbi Chapwe | ||||
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4 125 000 (est. In Political geography and International politics, a country is a Political division of a geographical entity The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to Lubumbashi (formerly Élisabethville or Elisabethstad) is the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (capital Kinshasa, Lubumbashi (formerly Élisabethville or Elisabethstad) is the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (capital Kinshasa, A national language is a Language (or language variant, ie Dialect) which has some connection - de facto or de jure - with Swahili (called Kiswahili in the language itself is the First language of the Swahili people (Waswahili who inhabit several large stretches This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by total area. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here Surface areas between 100000 km² and 1000000 km² This is a list of all the Governors of Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Moise Katumbi Chapwe, (born 1964 is a Congolese businessman and politician In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 1998) 8. 30/km² |
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| Districts | 5 | ||||
| Cities | 3 | ||||
| Demonym | Katangan | ||||
| Official Website | [ Province du Katanga] | ||||
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Katanga is a southern province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is a list of cities and towns in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Territorial Organisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Reference: Executive Order 081 of July 8 1998 on administrative and territorial organisation in the RDC This is a list of cities and towns in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to Between 1971 and 1997, its official name was Shaba Province. Under the new constitution, the province is to be replaced by four smaller provinces by February 2009. Its regional capital is Lubumbashi (formerly Elisabethville in French, Elisabethstad in Dutch). Lubumbashi (formerly Élisabethville or Elisabethstad) is the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (capital Kinshasa, French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname Its area is 518,000 km² (larger than California and 16 times larger than Belgium, its former colonial ruler). Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Katanga has a population of about 4. 1 million. Farming and ranching are carried out on the Katanga Plateau. The Katanga Plateau is a farming and ranching region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 's Katanga Province. The eastern part of the province is a rich mining region, which supplies cobalt, copper, tin, radium, uranium, and diamonds. Cobalt (ˈkoʊbɒlt is a hard lustrous silver-grey Metal, a Chemical element with symbol Co. Copper (ˈkɒpɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol Cu (cuprum and Atomic number 29 Tin is a Chemical element with the symbol Sn (stannum and Atomic number 50 Radium (ˈreɪdiəm is a radioactive Chemical element which has the symbol Ra and Atomic number 88 Uranium (jʊˈreɪniəm is a silvery-gray Metallic Chemical element in the In Mineralogy, diamond is the allotrope of carbon where the carbon atoms are arranged in The capital city, Lubumbashi, is the second largest city in the Congo.
In the past, Katanga has struggled significantly for independence from the rest of the country. In 2009, the name will survive only as Haut-Katanga, one of the four new provinces (see Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See also Subdivisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Article 2 of the 2005 Congolese Constitution which came into effect in February 2006 specifies twenty-five new provinces
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History
Government
Moise Katumbi Chapwe, a businessman, is the governor of Katanga province. This is a history of Katanga Province and the former independent State of Katanga, as well as the history of the region prior to colonization He took office on 24 February 2007. [1]
Economy
Copper mining is an important part of the economy of Katanga province. [2] Cobalt mining by individual contractors is also prevalent. There are a number of reasons cited for the discrepancy between the vast mineral wealth of the province and the failure of the wealth to increase the overall standard of living. [3] Gecamines is the state owned mining company which has monopoly concessions in the province.
Medical care
The Jason Sendwe Hospital is the largest hospital in the province. It is located in Lubumbashi.
Climate
Katanga has a wet and dry season. Rainfall is about 49 inches per year (120 cm). [4]
Geography
The province forms the Congolese border with Angola and Zambia. The province also borders Tanzania, although Katanga province and Tanzania do not share a land border but the border is within Lake Tanganyika.
Education
University of Lubumbashi is the largest university in the province and one of the largest in the country. The University of Lubumbashi (also known by the acronym UNILU) is one of the largest universities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The university is located in the northern part of Lubumbashi city. The Faculté Méthodiste de Théologie (FMT) is a Methodist seminary in province which is accredited within the university system.
TESOL, the English Language School of Lubumbashi is a secondary school that serves the expatriate community that was founded in 1987 on the grounds of the now defunct French School. [5]
Transportation
Katanga Province has limited railway service centered around Lubumbashi. Reliability is limited. The area also has an airport called Luano Airport which is located northeast of Lubumbashi.
Media
Katanga province is served by television broadcasts. Radio-Télévision Nationale Congolaise (RTNC) has a transmitter in Lubumbashi that re-transmits the signal from Kinshasha. In 2005, new television broadcasts by Radio Mwangaza began in Lubumbashi.
See also
References
External links
- The United Nations and the Congo
- Katanga; The Untold Story (of U.N. betrayal) 1960s Video about UN Involvement
- Meaning of flag
- WorldStatesmen- Congo (Kinshasa)
- The Bank Notes of Katanga
- Government Katanga
- Rush and Ruin: The Devastating Mineral Trade in Southern Katanga
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