Katanga

E729364
historical region region

Katanga is a mineral-rich region in the southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, historically known for its attempted secession in the early 1960s and significant role in the country’s political conflicts.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Katanga! 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
region ⓘ
administrativeChange dividedIntoFourProvincesIn2015 ⓘ
borderCountry Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burundi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Lubumbashi NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPower Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Congo Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCity Kipushi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kolwezi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Likasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lubumbashi NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
declaredIndependenceOn 1960-07-11 ⓘ
dividedInto Haut-Katanga Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Haut-Lomami Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lualaba Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanganyika Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bemba people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luba people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lunda people NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerName Shaba NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent Katanga secession NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantCompany Union Minière du Haut-Katanga NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantIndustry mining industry ⓘ
importantResource cobalt ⓘ
copper ⓘ
manganese ⓘ
tin ⓘ
uranium ⓘ
zinc ⓘ
involvedOrganization United Nations Operation in the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor cobalt deposits ⓘ
copper deposits ⓘ
industrial mining ⓘ
mineral wealth ⓘ
uranium deposits ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
Kiluba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
partOf Congo Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
secessionEndedIn 1963 ⓘ
secessionFrom Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) NERFINISHED ⓘ
secessionLedBy Moise Tshombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance control of mineral resources in DRC politics ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century political conflicts in Congo ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laurent-Désiré Kabila → birthPlace → Katanga ⓘ
Mai-Mai militias → locatedIn → Katanga ⓘ
Curtis Amy → notableWork → Katanga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katanga!
Patrice Lumumba → placeOfDeath → Katanga ⓘ