Haut-Katanga Province

Haut-Katanga

Province du Haut-Katanga (French)
Mkoa wa Katanga Juu (Swahili)
Haut-Katanga Province du Haut-Katanga (French); Mkoa wa Katanga Juu (Swahili)
Province
	Hills in Katanga during the rainy season
	Seal
	Coordinates: 11°40′S 27°29′E / 11.667°S 27.483°E
Country	DR Congo
Established	2015
Capital; and largest city	Lubumbashi
Government
• Governor	Jacques Kyabula Katwe
Area
• Total	132,425 km2 (51,130 sq mi)
• Rank	5th
Population (2020)
• Total	5,718,800
• Rank	6th
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
License Plate Code	CGO / 04
Official language	French
National language	Kiswahili
Website	www.facebook.com/hautkatangaofficiel

Haut-Katanga (French for "Upper Katanga") is one of the 21 new 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. The estimated population was 5,718,800 in 2020.^[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.

^ "Haut-Katanga : Jacques Kyabula prend officiellement ses fonctions aujourd'hui !". La Prospérité Online. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^ "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.

[1] "Haut-Katanga : Jacques Kyabula prend officiellement ses fonctions aujourd'hui !". La Prospérité Online. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

[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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