Katanga may refer to:
Political entities
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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 ...
, a former province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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State of Katanga
The State of Katanga; sw, Inchi Ya Katanga) also sometimes denoted as the Republic of Katanga, was a breakaway state that proclaimed its independence from Congo-Léopoldville on 11 July 1960 under Moise Tshombe, leader of the local ''Co ...
, a breakaway state which existed from 1960 to 1963
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Katanga Crisis
The Congo Crisis (french: Crise congolaise, link=no) was a period of political upheaval and conflict between 1960 and 1965 in the Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The crisis began almost immediately after ...
or "Congo Crisis", a period of turmoil in the First Republic of the Congo from 1960 to 1965
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Haut-Katanga Province
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, Lualaba, and Tanganyika provinces are the result of the dismemberm ...
, a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, created in 2015
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Katanga insurgency
The Katanga insurgency is an ongoing rebellion by a number of rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of which aim for the creation of a separate state within Katanga. While the insurgency has been active in various forms since ...
, an ongoing rebellion by a number of rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Katanga Slum
Katanga may refer to:
Political entities
*Katanga Province, a former province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
*State of Katanga, a breakaway state which existed from 1960 to 1963
**Katanga Crisis or "Congo Crisis", a period of turmoil in ...
, a settlement in central Uganda
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History of Katanga
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.
Earliest residents
Prior to Bantu migration around 500 BCE, the area was probably the site of dwellings ...
, details of the region from early times, under Luba kingdom, Belgian rule, independent Congo
Places
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Katanga, Dominican Republic, a section of
Los Mina, founded by maroons from the Congo who fled French rule
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Katanga Plateau, a plateau in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Garenganze or ''Katanga'' in Central Africa, the home of the pre-colonial Yeke Kingdom of Msiri
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Katanga River
The Podkamennaya Tunguska (russian: Подкаменная Тунгуска, literally ''Tunguska under the stones''; evn, Дулгу Катэнӈа, Ket: Ӄо’ль) also known as ''Middle Tunguska'' or ''Stony Tunguska'', is a river in Krasno ...
, a river in Russia
People
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Germain Katanga
Germain Katanga (; born 28 April 1978), also known as Simba (), is a former leader of the Patriotic Resistance Force in Ituri (FRPI), an armed group in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).International Criminal Court ( ...
(born 1978), a Congolese militia leader accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court
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Simon Katanga
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Introduced in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''
Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones (character), Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. (Harrison Ford), the titular chara ...
, a fictional character in the film ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''
Other uses
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1817 Katanga
1817 Katanga, provisional designation , is a stony Phocaea asteroid in from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 20 June 1939, by English-born South African astronomer Cyril Jackson ...
, a main-belt asteroid
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Luba-Katanga language
Luba-Katanga, also known as Luba-Shaba and ''Kiluba'' ( lu, Kiluba), is a Bantu language ( Zone L) of Central Africa. It is spoken mostly in the south-east area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Luba people.
Kiluba is spoken in the ...
, a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
See also
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Khatanga (disambiguation)
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Katana (disambiguation)
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