Haut-Katanga (French for "Upper Katanga") is one of the 21 new
provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the
2015 repartitioning. Haut-Katanga,
Haut-Lomami
Haut-Lomami (French for "Upper Lomami") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Haut-Lomami, Haut-Katanga, Lualaba, and Tanganyika provinces are the result of the dismemberment ...
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Lualaba, and
Tanganyika
Tanganyika may refer to:
Places
* Tanganyika Territory (1916–1961), a former British territory which preceded the sovereign state
* Tanganyika (1961–1964), a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania
* Tanzania Main ...
provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former
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, when it was split into the Tanganyika Province, Tanganyika, Hau ...
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Haut-Katanga was formed from the
Haut-Katanga district and the independently administered cities of
Likasi and
Lubumbashi. Lubumbashi retained its status as a provincial capital.
The new province's territory corresponds to the historic Katanga-Oriental that existed in the early period after
independence between 1963 and 1966.
Territories
Its current territories are:
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Kasenga Kasenga is a town in Kasenga territory of Haut-Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in south of Lake Mweru, approximately north-east of Lubumbashi., near the border with Zambia
Zambia (), officially th ...
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Kipushi
Kipushi is a town in Haut-Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies 35 km southwest of the city of Lubumbashi, very close to the border with Zambia, at an altitude of 1329 m (4363 ft).''National Geographic Atlas o ...
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Mitwaba
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Pweto
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Sakania Sakania is a town in Haut-Katanga Province, in the Congo Pedicle, in the far south of the Democratic Republic of Congo, near the border with Zambia. It is located at an elevation of 1278m asl, therefore it has a cool climate.
Between 1935 and 1939 i ...
Approximate correspondence between historical and current province
References
Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2015 establishments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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