Lualaba
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Coordinates: 10°43′S 25°28′E / 10.717°S 25.467°E | |
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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) |
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Official language | French |
National language | Kiswahili |
Website | www |
Lualaba Province (Jimbo la Lualaba, in Swahili) is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Lualaba, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, and Tanganyika provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Katanga province.[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.