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 estimated population was 5,718,800 in 2020.[3]
Haut-Katanga
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 Hills in Katanga during the rainy season | |
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| Coordinates: 11°40′S 27°29′E / 11.667°S 27.483°E | |
| Country |  DR Congo |
| Established | 2015 |
| Capital and largest city | Lubumbashi |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Jacques Kyabula Katwe[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 132,425 km2 (51,130 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5th |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 5,718,800 |
| • Rank | 6th |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| License Plate Code | CGO / 04 |
| Official language | French |
| National language | Kiswahili |
| Website | www |
The new province's territory corresponds to the historic Katanga-Oriental that existed in the early period after independence between 1963 and 1966.
Along with Lualaba, Haut-Katanga is in the Copperbelt of Central Africa. The DRC is only behind Chile, Peru, and the PRC in largest amount of copper produced globally.
Territories edit
Its current territories are:
Approximate correspondence between historical and current province edit
| 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 edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Congo (Dem. Rep.): Provinces, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-11.