Haut-Katanga Province

Haut-Katanga
Province du Haut-Katanga (French)
Mkoa wa Katanga Juu (Swahili)
Hills in Katanga during the rainy season
Hills in Katanga during the rainy season
Official seal of Haut-Katanga
Location of Haut-Katanga
Coordinates: 11°40′S 27°29′E / 11.667°S 27.483°E / -11.667; 27.483
Country DR Congo
Established2015 (2015)
Capital
and largest city
Lubumbashi
Government
 • GovernorJacques Kyabula[1]
Area
 • Total132,425 km2 (51,130 sq mi)
 • Rank5th
Population
 (2020)
 • Total5,718,800
 • Rank6th
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
License Plate CodeDemocratic Republic of the Congo CGO / 04
Official languageFrench
National languageKiswahili
Websitewww.facebook.com/hautkatangaofficiel

Haut-Katanga (French for "Upper Katanga") is one of the 21 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, and as of 2020, it had an estimated population of 5,718,800.[3]

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.

  1. ^ Lukusa, Patient (11 July 2024). "Haut-Katanga : Le gouvernement provincial investi". 7sur7.cd (in French). 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.