Haut-Katanga District (Upper Katanga District) is a former
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
located in 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 ...
of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
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The copper mining centers of
Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi (former names: ( French), (Dutch)) is the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the country's southeasternmost part, along the border with Zambia. The capital and principal city of the Haut-Katanga ...
and
Likasi
Likasi (formerly official names: Jadotville ( French) and Jadotstad (Dutch)) is a city in Haut-Katanga Province, in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Demographics
Likasi has a population of around 635,000 (2015). During the 1990 ...
were surrounded by the district but were administratively separate.
Historical province
From 1963 to 1966, the area was constituted as Katanga Oriental. In 1966, it was merged with the former
Lualaba Province
Lualaba is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Lualaba, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, and Tanganyika provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Katanga province. ...
to create
Sud-Katanga, and was then merged into the new
Shaba Region. Presidents of Katanga Oriental were:
* 13 Aug 1963 - 20 Jul 1965 Édouard Bulundwe (b. 1932)
* 20 Jul 1965 - 24 Apr 1966
Godefroid Munongo
Godefroid Munongo Mwenda M'Siri (1925–1992) was a Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese politician. He was a minister and briefly interim president, in 1961. It has been claimed he was involved in ethnic cleansing and in the assassination ...
(s.a.)
Approximate correspondence between historical and current province
Successor provinces
Haut-Katanga district was part of a proposed Haut-Katanga province to be established when the country's new constitution was implemented, originally slated for February 2009.
The new province was to include the current district and also the cities of Lubumbashi and Likasi, with Lubumbashi as its capital.
The re-partition was completed in 2015, forming
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 ...
.
Territories
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Kambove
Kambove is a town in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kambove lies at an altitude of 4783 ft (1457 m). Economic activity in the area includes cobalt processing.
Kambove is the center of the Kambove mines region ...
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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 t ...
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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
Mitwaba is a city in the Haut-Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2012, it had an estimated population of 4,332.
On December 24, 1947, the first fatal airliner crash in present-day Congo occurred near Mitwaba. A Lock ...
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Pweto
Pweto is a town in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the administrative center of Pweto Territory. The town was the scene of a decisive battle in December 2000 during the Second Congo War which resulted ...
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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 ...
References
Haut-Katanga Province
Districts of Katanga Province
Districts of the Belgian Congo
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