Haut-Katanga District

Haut-Katanga District (Upper Katanga District) is a former district located in the former Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The copper mining centers of Lubumbashi and Likasi were surrounded by the district but were administratively separate.

Location of Haut-Katanga district (light green) in extreme south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Historical province

From 1963 to 1966, the area was constituted as Katanga Oriental. In 1966, it was merged with the former Lualaba Province to create Sud-Katanga, and was then merged into the new Shaba Region. Presidents of Katanga Oriental were:

  • 13 Aug 1963 - 20 Jul 1965 Édouard Bulundwe (b. 1932)
  • 20 Jul 1965 - 24 Apr 1966 Godefroid Munongo (s.a.)

Approximate correspondence between historical and current province
Approximate correspondence between historical and current province
Belgian Congo Republic of the Congo Zaire Democratic Republic of the Congo
1908191919321947196319661971198819972015
22 districts4 provinces6 provinces6 provinces21 provinces + capital8 provinces + capital8 provinces + capital11 provinces11 provinces26 provinces
Tanganika-Moero Katanga Élisabethville Katanga Nord-Katanga Katanga Shaba Katanga Tanganyika
Haut-Lomami
Lulua Lualaba Lualaba
Haut-Luapula Katanga-Oriental Haut-Katanga
Lomami Lusambo Kasaï Lomami Kasaï-Oriental Lomami

Successor provinces

Haut-Katanga district was part of a proposed Haut-Katanga province to be established when the country's new constitution was implemented, originally slated for February 2009.[1] The new province was to include the current district and also the cities of Lubumbashi and Likasi, with Lubumbashi as its capital.[2]

The re-partition was completed in 2015, forming Haut-Katanga Province, except for the western part of the district which joined Lualaba Province.

Territories

References
  1. "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 2". Wikisource.
  2. "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.


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