Haut-Katanga Province

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.

This article is about the present-day province of the DRC. For the former district, see Haut-Katanga District.
Haut-Katanga
Province
Province du Haut-Katanga
Seal
Coordinates: 11°40′S 27°29′E
Country DR Congo
Established2015 (2015)
CapitalLubumbashi
Largest cityLubumbashi
Government
 • GovernorJacques Kyabula Katwe[1]
Area
 • Total132,425 km2 (51,130 sq mi)
 • Rank5th
Population
 (2015)
 • Total4,617,000
 • Rank5th
 • Density35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
License Plate Code CGO / 04
Official languageFrench
National languageKiswahili
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/hautkatangaofficiel

The new province's territory corresponds to the historic Katanga-Oriental that existed in the early period after independence between 1963 and 1966.

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