Lualaba Province

Lualaba
Province du Lualaba (French)
Mkoa wa Lualaba (Swahili)
Province
View of Kayo Falls
View of Kayo Falls
Official seal of Lualaba
Seal
Location of Lualaba
Coordinates: 10°43′S 25°28′E / 10.717°S 25.467°E / -10.717; 25.467
Country DR Congo
Established2015 (2015)
Named forLualaba River
Capital
and largest city		Kolwezi
Government
 • GovernorFifi Masuka[1]
Area
 • Total
121,308 km2 (46,837 sq mi)
 • Rank8th
Population
 (2020 est.)
 • Total
3,183,300
 • Rank13th
 • Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
License Plate CodeDemocratic Republic of the Congo CGO / 14
Official languageFrench
National languageKiswahili
Websitewww.lualaba.gouv.cd

Lualaba Province (Jimbo la Lualaba, in Swahili) is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning when the former Katanga province was split up into four new provinces—Lualaba, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, and Tanganyika.[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]

Along with Haut-Katanga, Lualaba is in the Copperbelt of Central Africa. The Congo is only behind Chile, Peru, and China in the 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.

References

  1. ^ "LUALABA: La Gouverneure FIFI MASUKA a officiellement pris ses fonctions". Foxtime.cd (in French). 13 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  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. Archived from the original on 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2024-02-11.

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