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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 ...
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
20th century
1900s-1950s
* 1909
** 1 September: Elisabethville site designated seat of
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 ...
; named after
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium
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.
** 27 September: begins operating.
* 1910
**
Union Minière du Haut Katanga
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** ''Un ...
(mining entity) active.
** (hospital) and Catholic
Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi ( la, Lubumbashien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
History
* 1910.08.05: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kat ...
established.
** Population: 360.
**
Émile Wangermée
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Wangermée was Representative of the Comité Spécial du Katanga (CSK), effectively ...
becomes vice governor-general of Katanga.
* 1910s - "Governor's Residence and Imara and Twendelee schools" built.
* 1911
** ''Journal du Katanga'' newspaper begins publication.
** Population: 1,000.
**
Etoile mining begins near Elisabethville.
** Catholic schools Institut Marie-José and Collège Saint-François de Sales established.
( fr)
* 1912
** Racially segregated "native city" established per ordinance.
** Elisabethville becomes seat of Upper Luapula district.
* 1918 - begins operating.
* 1919
** Population: 8,000 (approximate).
**
Ruashi mining begins in vicinity of Elisabethville.
* 1920
** "Management of the Union Minière was transferred from the British to the Belgians."
** Catholic
Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral built.
* 1920s - "Makutano Club, Jerusalem United Methodist Church, and the Jewish synagogue" built.
* 1921 - Development of Albert I township begins.
* 1928
** begins operating.
** ''L'Essor du Congo'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1930s- "Courthouse and Mazembe stadium" built.
* 1931 - ''
L'Écho du Katanga'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1932 - Wallace Memorial Church built.
* 1937 - (museum) founded.
* 1939 - Football clubs
FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo
FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo is a Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese Association football, football club based in Lubumbashi. Their home games are played at Stade Kibassa Maliba.
Honours
Linafoot: 6
*Winners (6): 1958, 1968, 1981, 1986, 1990, 2 ...
and
FC Saint-Georges formed.
* 1941
** Elisabethville attains city status.
** Development of Kenya township begins.
* 1944 - Premiere of
Joseph Kiwele's ''Cantate à la gloire de la Belgique.''
* 1945 - Union Africaine des Arts et Lettres founde
* 1946 - Académie d'Art Populaire d'Elisabethville founde
* 1949 - Athénée royal built.
* 1950 - Development of Katuba township begins.
* 1950s - "Post office,...CSK headquarters, the theater, St. Mary's Basilica, and the railway headquarters" built.
* 1951 - Académie des Beaux-Arts d'Elisabethville founde
* 1954
** Development of Ruashi township begins.
** City seal in use.
* 1956 -
University of Lubumbashi, Université officielle du Congo et du Rwanda-Urundi opens.
* 1957
** City "divided into 5 communes, one for Europeans and 4 for Africans."
** December: held.
* 1959
**
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Elisabethville established.
** Population: 183,711 (estimate).
1960s-1990s
* 1960
** June: City becomes part of independent
Republic of the Congo
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.
** July: City becomes capital of
breakaway State of Katanga
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during the
Congo Crisis
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.
** becomes
bourgmestre (mayor).
* 1960s - "Gecamines tower and the 2 hospitals" built.
* 1961 - 15 September:
Airport
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bombed by
Katangese Air Force
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.
* 1963 - '
newspaper
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begins publication.
* 1964 -
Stade Albert (stadium) opens.
* 1966 - City becomes capital of
Katanga Province
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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 ...
.
* 1967
**
La Générale des Carrières et des Mines (mining entity) headquartered in city.
** opens.
* 1970
** Elisabethville renamed "Lubumbashi."
** (museum) active.
* 1970s - "Hotel Karavia and Mobutu Stadium" built.
* 1971 - City becomes part of
Shaba 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, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba, ...
in the
Republic of Zaire
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.
* 1972
**
Kampemba commune
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** Communes of ...
created.
** University's Centre d'études des littératures romanes d'inspiration africaine activ
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* 1974 -
Société nationale des Chemins de fer du Congo
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(national railway) headquartered in Lubumbashi.
* 1975 - Population: 480,875 (estimate).
* 1977 - created.
* 1981 -
University of Lubumbashi
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active.
* 1984 - Population: 543,268.
* 1990 - May: Student demonstration at University of Lubumbashi; crackdown.
* 1994 - Population: 851,381 (estimate).
* 1997
** April:
Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo
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take city during the
First Congo War
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.
**
Floribert Kaseba Makunko becomes mayor.
** May: City becomes part of
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
21st century
* 2007 -
Moïse Katumbi
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becomes governor of Katanga Province.
* 2008 - becomes mayor.
* 2010
** becomes mayor.
**
Congo Express
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airline (Kinshasa-Lubumbashi) begins operating.
** Centennial of founding of city.
* 2011
** February: Airport attacked by secessionist Tigers.
** June: Unrest.
** 7 September: Prison break; escapees include warlord
Gédéon Kyungu
Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga Wa Bafunkwa Kanonga, known as Commander Gédéon, is a Congolese warlord who was notable for leading the Mai-Mai Kata Katanga between 2011 and 2016.
Kyungu was detained on 16 May 2006. He was sentenced, in 2009, along ...
.
**
Stade TP Mazembe
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(stadium) opens in
Kamalondo.
* 2013 - March: Secessionist
Mai-Mai Kata Katanga
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unrest.
* 2014 - January: Mai-Mai Kata Katanga unrest.
* 2015
** City becomes capital of the newly formed
Haut-Katanga Province
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.
** Population: 2,015,502 (estimate).
* 2016 - December: Political
protest
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.
See also
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Lubumbashi#History
*
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List of cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Towns and cities
Images
File:Kinshasa-Gombe, from CCIC.JPG, Kinshasa
File:Downtown Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo - 20061130.jpg, Lubumbashi
File:Ko ...
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Timeline of Bukavu
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
20th century
* 1924 - Bukavu becomes part of the newly formed administrative Province Orientale in colonial Belgian Congo.( fr)
* 1925 - Seat ...
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Timeline of Goma
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Timeline of Kinshasa
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
19th century
* 14th -18th Century Kongo Kingdom reigned victorious throughout the land
* 1881 - Léopoldville founded as a trading post by ...
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Timeline of Kisangani
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Prior to 20th century
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File:UMHK 1917.jpg, Union Minière du Haut Katanga mining facility at Elisabethville, 1917
File:UN Baluba camp.jpg, Baluba
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refugee camp near Elisabethville, 1962, during Congo Crisis
File:1978 Lubumbashi map txu-oclc-55759020 3.jpg, Map of central Lubumbashi, 1978
File:OpenStreetMap in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.JPG, OpenStreetMap
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activity in Lubumbashi, 2014
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