Haut-Katanga Province
Haut-Katanga | |
|---|---|
| Province du Haut-Katanga | |
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| Coordinates: 11°40′S 27°29′E / 11.667°S 27.483°E | |
| Country |  DR Congo |
| Established | 2015 |
| Capital | Lubumbashi |
| Largest city | Lubumbashi |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Jacques Kyabula Katwe[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 132,425 km2 (51,130 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5th |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 4,617,000 |
| • Rank | 5th |
| • Density | 35/km2 (90/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| Official language | French |
| National language | Kiswahili |
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 dismemberment of the former Katanga province.[2] Haut-Katanga was formed from the Haut-Katanga district and the independently administered cities of Likasi and Lubumbashi. Lubumbashi retained its status as a provincial capital.
The new province's territory corresponds to the historic Katanga-Oriental that existed in the early period after independence between 1963 and 1966.
Territories
Its current territories are:
Approximate correspondence between historical and current province
| Belgian Congo | Republic of the Congo | Zaire | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | 1919 | 1932 | 1947 | 1963 | 1966 | 1971 | 1988 | 1997 | 2015 |
| 22 districts | 4 provinces | 6 provinces | 6 provinces | 21 provinces + capital | 8 provinces + capital | 8 provinces + capital | 11 provinces | 11 provinces | 26 provinces |
| Tanganika-Moero | Katanga | Élisabethville | Katanga | Nord-Katanga | Katanga | Shaba | Katanga | Tanganyika | |
| Haut-Lomami | |||||||||
| Lulua | Lualaba | Lualaba | |||||||
| Haut-Luapula | Katanga-Oriental | Haut-Katanga | |||||||
| Lomami | Lusambo | Kasaï | Lomami | Kasaï-Oriental | Lomami | ||||
References
- ^ "Haut-Katanga : Jacques Kyabula prend officiellement ses fonctions aujourd'hui !". La Prospérité Online. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Le Katanga officiellement démembré en quatre nouvelles provinces". Radio Okapi (in French). 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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