17-791: Lunga may refer to: Places [ edit ] Democratic Republic of Congo Lunga, DRC , a town located in Katanga Province Moldova Lunga, Floreşti , a commune in Floreşti district Lunga, Transnistria , a commune in Transnistria Romania Lunga, a village in Târgu Secuiesc city, Covasna County Lunga, a village in Comloşu Mare Commune, Timiș County Lunga,
34-615: A fermata to extend its length USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) Lunga Lunga , a settlement in Kenya Lungalunga language , spoken by a small group in Papua New Guinea LungA , an annual art and music festival and associated art school in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
51-997: A tributary of the Cheia in Vâlcea County Lunga, a tributary of the Bistricioara in Vâlcea County Scotland Lunga, Slate Islands , one of the Slate Islands in Argyll and Bute Lunga, Treshnish Isles , in Argyll and Bute Solomon Islands An area on Guadalcanal, including Lunga Point and Lunga River (Solomon Islands) United States Lunga Park Recreation Area and Lunga Reservoir, Marine Corps Base Quantico , Virginia Zambia Two rivers called Lunga River (Zambia) See also [ edit ] Lunga, also lunga pausa, used in music notation above
68-657: The Democratic Republic of the Congo . Located in the southeastern Katanga Province , it is bordered by the Kundelungu and Mitumba mountain ranges from the north, Muchinga mountain range from the east, and connected to the Lunda Plateau in the south and west. it is 1220 m (4,000 ft) above sea level and is rich in copper and uranium deposits. The altitude makes it cooler than the surrounding area, with
85-470: The Katanga Crisis (or "Congo Crisis"), which lasted from 1960 to 1965. The breakaway State of Katanga existed from 1960 to 1963, then was reintegrated. In 2005, the new constitution specified that Katanga was to be split up into separately administered provinces. Militias such as Mai Mai Kata Katanga led by Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga fought for Katanga to secede, and his group briefly took over
102-525: The Katanga Plateau . The eastern part of the province is a rich mining region which supplies cobalt , copper , tin , radium , uranium , and diamonds . The region's former capital, Lubumbashi , is the second-largest city in the Congo. Copper mining in Katanga dates back over 1,000 years, and mines in the region were producing standard-sized ingots of copper for international transport by
119-557: The Belgian Congo. After 1900, the Societe Generale de Belgique practically controlled all of the mining in the province through Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK). This included uranium , radium , copper, cobalt , zinc , cadmium , germanium , manganese , silver , gold , and tin . In 1915, a deposit of pitchblende and other uranium minerals of a higher grade than had ever been found before anywhere in
136-527: The end of the 10th century CE. In the 1890s, the province was beleaguered from the south by Cecil Rhodes ' Northern Rhodesia , and from the north by the Belgian Congo , the personal possession of King Leopold II of Belgium . Msiri , the King of Katanga, (no such title exist, Msiri is a title for local authority in area controlled by Kazembe) held out against both, but eventually Katanga was subsumed by
153-400: The entire Congolese border with Zambia. It also bordered Tanzania – although on Lake Tanganyika rather than on land. Katanga has a wet and dry season. Rainfall is about 1,200 mm (49 in). The province was divided in 2015 into five successor provinces, based on the districts of Katanga at that time: The University of Lubumbashi , located in the northern part of Lubumbashi city, is
170-562: The largest university in the province and one of the largest in the country. TESOL, the English Language School of Lubumbashi, is a secondary school that serves the expatriate community. It was founded in 1987 on the grounds of the French School, Lycée Français Blaise Pascal, which suspended operations in 1991 with a new French School starting in 2009. Katanga province has the highest rate of infant mortality in
187-576: The province to increase the overall standard of living . The local provincial budget was US$ 440 million in 2011. Lubumbashi , the mining capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is a hub for many of the country's biggest mining companies. The Democratic Republic of Congo produces "more than 3 percent of the world’s copper and half its cobalt , most of which comes from Katanga". Major mining concessions include Tilwezembe and Kalukundi . The province bordered Angola and formed
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#1732772064019204-400: The provincial capital Lubumbashi in 2013. In 2015, Katanga Province was split into the constitutional provinces of Tanganyika , Haut-Lomami , Lualaba , and Haut-Katanga . Copper mining is an important part of the economy of Katanga province. Cobalt mining by individual contractors is also prevalent. A number of reasons have been advanced for the failure of the vast mineral wealth of
221-461: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lunga&oldid=1166277012 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Katanga Province Katanga
238-463: The world and higher than any found since were discovered at Shinkolobwe . The discovery was kept secret by UMHK. After World War I ended a factory was built at Olen ; the secrecy was lifted at the end of 1922 with the announcement of the production of the first gram of radium from the pitchblende. By the start of World War II , the mining companies "constituted a state within the Belgian Congo ". The Shinkolobwe mine near Jadotville (now Likasi )
255-429: The world, with 184 of 1000 babies born expected to die before the age of five. The Congo Railway provides Katanga Province with limited railway service centered on Lubumbashi . Reliability is limited. Lubumbashi International Airport is located northeast of Lubumbashi. In April 2014, a train derailment killed 63 people. Katanga Plateau The Katanga or Shaba plateau is a farming and ranching region in
272-689: Was at the centre of the Manhattan Project . In 1960, after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then called Republic of the Congo) gained independence from Belgium, the UMHK, Moise Tshombe and Godefroid Munongo supported the secession of Katanga province from the Congo. This was supported by Belgium but opposed by the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba . This led to the assassination of Lumumba and
289-588: Was one of the four large provinces created in the Belgian Congo in 1914. It was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Tanganyika , Haut-Lomami , Lualaba , and Haut-Katanga provinces. Between 1971 and 1997 (during the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko when Congo was known as Zaire ), its official name was Shaba Province . Katanga's area encompassed 497,000 square kilometres (192,000 sq mi). Farming and ranching are carried out on
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