State of Katanga

GPTKB entity

Statements (76)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf former unrecognized state
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:État_du_Katanga
gptkbp:area 496,700 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Élisabethville
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Katangese_franc
gptkbp:dissolved 21 January 1963
gptkbp:establishedIn 11 July 1960
gptkbp:event gptkb:Congo_Crisis
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Katanga
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:politics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label State of Katanga
gptkbp:independenceDate gptkb:Republic_of_the_Congo_(Léopoldville)
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Moïse_Tshombe
gptkbp:leaderTitle President
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Katanga_Province
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:coal
gptkb:gold
gptkb:jewelry
gptkb:uranium
gptkb:lead
gptkb:radium
gptkb:gallium
gptkb:poisoning
gptkb:niobium
gptkb:coltan
copper
iron
platinum
silver
zinc
bauxite
cobalt
manganese
palladium
tin
rare earth elements
lithium
antimony
iridium
osmium
rhodium
ruthenium
selenium
tellurium
beryllium
bismuth
cassiterite
wolframite
cadmium
indium
germanium
tantalum
thallium
pyrochlore
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Katangese_Gendarmerie
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:UN_military_intervention
gptkb:Operation_Grandslam
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Moïse_Tshombe
gptkb:Godefroid_Munongo
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Kibwe
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:French
Swahili
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Republic_of_the_Congo_(Léopoldville)
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:populationEstimate 4,000,000 (1960)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Katanga_Province_(Belgian_Congo)
gptkbp:reasonForSecession economic interests
opposition to central government
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:United_Nations
African states
gptkbp:reintegratedInto gptkb:Republic_of_the_Congo_(Léopoldville)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Province_of_Katanga
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Belgium
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Katanga_secession
gptkb:Katanga,_Belgian_Congo
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6