What is Katanga Province?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Katanga Province | native_name = Province du Katanga | image_map = Katanga in Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg | mapsize = | coordinates = {{coord|11|08|S|27|06|E|type:adm1st_region:CD|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{COD}} | established_title = Established | established_date = {{start date|1966}} | extinct_title = Dissolved | extinct_date = {{end date|2015}} | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Lubumbashi]] | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = | area_total_km2 = 496871 | population_total = 5608683 | population_as_of = 2010 est. | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Katangese | blank_name_sec1 = Official language | blank_info_sec1 = [[French language|French]] | blank1_name_sec1 = National languages spoken | blank1_info_sec1 = [[Swahili language|Swahili]] | website = | type = Former [[Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|province]] of the<br />Democratic Republic of the Congo | seat1_type = Largest city | seat1 = Lubumbashi }} '''Katanga Province''' was a province in the south of the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] before it was split into four provinces.<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/africa/2014/02/98451.html | Katanga: The forgotten province of DR Congo | |] Al Jazeera</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/africa/looting-machine-tom-burgis-africa/index.html | Why the wealth of Africa does not make Africans wealthy -] CNN</ref> Its mountains have many valuable [[ore]]s including the majority of the world's [[cobalt]]. == References == {{Reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]