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Katanga, officially the Republic of Katanga was a southern province in the former Republic of Zaire. Its regional capital is Lubumbashi (formerly Elisabethville in French, Elisabethstad in Dutch). Its area is 518,000 km² (larger than California and 16 times larger than Belgium, its former colonial ruler). Katanga has a population estimated in 2010 at about 4,125,000. Farming and ranching are carried out on the Katanga Plateau. The eastern part of the province is a rich mining region, which supplies cobalt, copper, tin, radium, uranium, and diamonds.

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  • Katanga (1983: Doomsday)
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  • Katanga, officially the Republic of Katanga was a southern province in the former Republic of Zaire. Its regional capital is Lubumbashi (formerly Elisabethville in French, Elisabethstad in Dutch). Its area is 518,000 km² (larger than California and 16 times larger than Belgium, its former colonial ruler). Katanga has a population estimated in 2010 at about 4,125,000. Farming and ranching are carried out on the Katanga Plateau. The eastern part of the province is a rich mining region, which supplies cobalt, copper, tin, radium, uranium, and diamonds.
Leader
  • President
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ind date
  • 1986-10-17(xsd:date)
ind from
  • Zaire
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leader1 name
  • Moïse Katumbi Chapwe
Timeline
  • 1983(xsd:integer)
Name
  • Republic of Katanga
regime
  • Constitutional Republic
Language
  • KiSwahili, Tshiluba
Currency
  • Katangan franc
Seal
  • Coat of arms of Katanga.svg
Population
  • 4625000(xsd:integer)
Area
  • 496871(xsd:integer)
otl
  • Katanga province
Capital
  • Lubumbashi
Flag
  • Flag of Katanga.svg
Denonym
  • Katangan
Common name
  • Katanga
ind rec
  • 1986-11-04(xsd:date)
abstract
  • Katanga, officially the Republic of Katanga was a southern province in the former Republic of Zaire. Its regional capital is Lubumbashi (formerly Elisabethville in French, Elisabethstad in Dutch). Its area is 518,000 km² (larger than California and 16 times larger than Belgium, its former colonial ruler). Katanga has a population estimated in 2010 at about 4,125,000. Farming and ranching are carried out on the Katanga Plateau. The eastern part of the province is a rich mining region, which supplies cobalt, copper, tin, radium, uranium, and diamonds.
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