Katanga Province

Katanga was a province in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, rich in copper and other minerals. It was dissolved in 2015 and divided into four successor provinces.

Belgian Congo: Belgium’s colony in Central Africa from 1908 until the Democratic Republic of the Congo became independent in 1960. Katanga was administered as part of this colony before Congolese independence.
Copperbelt: A mineral-rich region spanning southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia, known especially for copper and cobalt. Katanga formed the Congolese portion of this transnational mining region.
2015 Democratic Republic of the Congo provincial reorganization: The division of several large provinces into smaller administrative units under the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 2006 constitution. This reform formally ended Katanga Province and established its successors.
Moïse Tshombe: A Congolese politician who led the secessionist State of Katanga and later served as prime minister of the Congo. He headed Katanga’s breakaway government from 1960 to 1963.
Congo Crisis: A period of political upheaval and conflict in the Republic of the Congo from 1960 to 1965. Katanga’s secession became one of the crisis’s defining conflicts.
Union Minière du Haut-Katanga: A Belgian mining company that dominated mineral extraction in Katanga during the colonial era. Its operations helped establish large-scale copper mining in the province.
Haut-Katanga: A province in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, created from part of the former Katanga Province. It inherited Lubumbashi and much of Katanga’s principal mining district.
Patrice Lumumba: The first prime minister of the independent Republic of the Congo, serving from June to September 1960. His central government opposed Katanga’s secession, led by Tshombe.
State of Katanga: A self-proclaimed independent state in southeastern Congo that existed from 1960 to 1963. The province’s secessionist government sought independence during the Congo Crisis.
Copper mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The extraction of copper ores in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, concentrated in its southeastern mineral belt. Katanga’s deposits made it the country’s historic center of copper production.

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KolweziNarrower topic: Kolwezi was part of Katanga before the province was divided into successor provinces.