former Katanga Province (before 2015 territorial reform)

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The former Katanga Province was a large, mineral-rich administrative region in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, historically known for its copper and cobalt mining industry and later subdivided in the 2015 territorial reform.

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instanceOf former province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
administrativeLevel first-level subdivision of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
borderedBy Angola NERFINISHED
Bandundu Province NERFINISHED
Kasai-Oriental Province NERFINISHED
Maniema Province NERFINISHED
South Kivu Province NERFINISHED
Tanzania NERFINISHED
Zambia NERFINISHED
capital Lubumbashi NERFINISHED
containsCity Kipushi NERFINISHED
Kolwezi NERFINISHED
Likasi NERFINISHED
Lubumbashi NERFINISHED
containsMiningArea Copperbelt NERFINISHED
Kolwezi mining district NERFINISHED
country Democratic Republic of the Congo
dissolvedIn 2015
existedUntil 2015
governmentType provincial government
historicalName Shaba Province NERFINISHED
knownFor cobalt mining
copper mining
mineral wealth
mining industry
languageUsed French
Swahili NERFINISHED
largestCity Lubumbashi NERFINISHED
locatedIn Central Africa NERFINISHED
southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
majorResource cobalt
copper
tin
uranium
zinc
namedAfter Katanga region NERFINISHED
partOf Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED
partOfHistoricalRegion Katanga NERFINISHED
renamedTo Shaba Province NERFINISHED
status former administrative division
subdividedInto Haut-Katanga Province NERFINISHED
Haut-Lomami Province NERFINISHED
Lualaba Province NERFINISHED
Tanganyika Province NERFINISHED
territorialReform 2015 territorial reform of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED
timeZone Central Africa Time
utcOffset +2

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Subject: former Katanga Province (before 2015 territorial reform)
Description of subject: The former Katanga Province was a large, mineral-rich administrative region in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, historically known for its copper and cobalt mining industry and later subdivided in the 2015 territorial reform.

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Tanganyika partOf former Katanga Province (before 2015 territorial reform)