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4-714: Kambove is a town in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Kambove lies at an altitude of 4783 ft (1457 m). Economic activity in the area includes cobalt processing. Kambove is the center of the Kambove mines region. Gécamines , a state-owned mining company, owns the Kamoya central, Kamoya south, Shangolowe and Kamfundwa mines. Ore from these mines is transported to
8-544: A provincial capital, and as of 2020, it had an estimated population of 5,718,800. 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
12-531: The 21 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 . Haut-Katanga was formed from the Haut-Katanga district and the independently administered cities of Likasi and Lubumbashi . Lubumbashi retained its status as
16-463: The concentrator at Kambove for extraction of copper and cobalt. Kambove has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen : Cwa ). Cécile Kyenge an Italian minister of Letta Cabinet was born in Kambove. This Democratic Republic of the Congo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Haut-Katanga Province Haut-Katanga (French for "Upper Katanga") is one of
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