Katanga, Congo

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:province
gptkbp:area 496,871 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Haut-Lomami
gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Zambia
gptkb:South_Kivu
gptkb:Lualaba
gptkb:Maniema
Tanganyika
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Lubumbashi
gptkbp:climate tropical savanna
gptkbp:dissolved 2015
gptkbp:established 1910
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Luba
gptkb:Bemba
gptkb:Lunda
gptkbp:formerName gptkb:Shaba_Province
gptkbp:governor Moïse Katumbi (2007–2015)
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Katanga_secession_(1960–1963)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Katanga, Congo
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:CD-KA
gptkbp:knownFor mining industry
gptkbp:locale Swahili
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity agriculture
mining
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Kamina
gptkb:Lubumbashi
gptkb:Kolwezi
gptkb:Likasi
gptkbp:majorResource gptkb:uranium
copper
zinc
cobalt
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Lake_Mweru
gptkb:Lualaba_River
gptkb:Lake_Tanganyika
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Katanga_Crisis
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Moïse_Tshombe
gptkb:Laurent-Désiré_Kabila
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:French
gptkbp:population approximately 5,608,683 (2010 est.)
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Shaba_(1971–1997)
gptkbp:restored gptkb:Katanga_(1997)
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Haut-Lomami
gptkb:Lualaba
gptkb:Haut-Katanga
Tanganyika
gptkbp:timezone Central Africa Time (UTC+2)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Patrick_Lumumba
gptkb:Assassination_of_Patrice_Lumumba
gptkb:Patrice_Émery_Lumumba
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6