Lualaba
Jimbo la Lualaba (Swahili)
Province
Official seal of Lualaba
Seal
Location of Lualaba
Coordinates: 10°43′S 25°28′E / 10.717°S 25.467°E / -10.717; 25.467
Country DR Congo
Established2015 (2015)
Named forLualaba River
Capital
and largest city		Kolwezi
Government
 • GovernorFifi Masuka Saini (acting)[1]
Area
 • Total121,308 km2 (46,837 sq mi)
 • Rank8th
Population
 (2006 est.)
 • Total1,677,288
 • Rank21st
 • Density14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
License Plate CodeDemocratic Republic of the Congo CGO / 14
Official languageFrench
National languageKiswahili
Websitewww.lualaba.gouv.cd

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.

Former province

Lualaba Province was separated from Katanga Province on 30 June 1963. Then, on 24 April 1966, it was united with Katanga Oriental to form Sud-Katanga Province, which was later merged back into Katanga. The President of Lualaba, from 1965 the governor, was Dominique Diur who held office from 23 September 1963 until 24 April 1966.

References

  1. ↑ "Congo (Kinshasa) provinces". Rulers. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  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.

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