Lualaba Province

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Lualaba
Jimbo la Lualaba (Swahili)
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Coordinates: 10°43′S25°28′E / 10.717°S 25.467°E / -10.717; 25.467
CountryFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Established2015 (2015)
Named for Lualaba River
Capital
and largest city
Kolwezi
Government
  GovernorFifi Masuka Saini (acting) [1]
Area
  Total121,308 km2 (46,837 sq mi)
  Rank8th
Population
 (2020 est.)
  Total3,183,300
  Rank13th
  Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (CAT)
License Plate Code Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg CGO / 14
Official language French
National language Kiswahili
Website www.lualaba.gouv.cd

Lualaba Province (Jimbo la Lualaba, in Swahili) is one of the 21 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. [2] Lualaba was formed from the Lualaba and Kolwezi districts. Kolwezi was a hybrid city/district which was separated from its two territories and the city proper became the capital of the new province. The 2020 population was estimated to be 3,183,300. [3]

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Along with Haut-Katanga, Lualaba is in the Copperbelt of Central Africa. The DRC is only behind Chile, Peru, and the PRC in largest amount of copper produced globally.

Former province

Lualaba Province was separated from Katanga Province on 30 June 1963. Then, on 24 April 1966, it was united with Katanga Oriental to form Sud-Katanga Province, which was later merged back into Katanga. The President of Lualaba, from 1965 the governor, was Dominique Diur who held office from 23 September 1963 until 24 April 1966.

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References

  1. "Congo (Kinshasa) provinces". Rulers. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. "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.
  3. "Congo (Dem. Rep.): Provinces, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-11.

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