Lualaba
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| Coordinates: 10°43′S 25°28′E / 10.717°S 25.467°E | |
| Country |  DR Congo |
| Established | 2015 |
| Named for | Lualaba River |
| Capital and largest city | Kolwezi |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Fifi Masuka[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 121,308 km2 (46,837 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 8th |
| Population (2020 est.) | |
• Total | 3,183,300 |
| • Rank | 13th |
| • Density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| License Plate Code | CGO / 14 |
| Official language | French |
| National language | Kiswahili |
| Website | www |
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.
- ^ "LUALABA: La Gouverneure FIFI MASUKA a officiellement pris ses fonctions". Foxtime.cd (in French). 13 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2024-02-11.