Lubumbashi

Lubumbashi
/loo boom"bah shee/, n.
a city in the S Democratic Republic of the Congo. 451,332. Formerly, Elisabethville.

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City (pop., 1994 est.: 851,381), Democratic Republic of the Congo.

It was established by Belgian colonists in 1910 near the border with Zambia and grew to become the centre of one of the world's largest copper mining and smelting operations. It was the centre of Katanga province's secession movement in the early 1960s.

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formerly (until 1966)  Élisabethville  

      second largest city in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo). The main industrial centre of the mining district of southeastern Congo, it lies 110 miles (180 km) northwest of Ndola, Zambia. Lubumbashi is the name of a small local river. The town was established by Belgian colonists in 1910 as a copper-mining settlement and was designated an urban district in 1942. Most regional mining companies are headquartered in Lubumbashi, which is the transportation centre for mineral products (copper, cobalt, zinc, cadmium, germanium, tin, manganese, and coal) from the towns of Likasi, Kolwezi, Kipushi, and others. Mineral exploitation has been dominated by a government-owned organization, but foreign mining companies are also in evidence. The city's other industries include printing, brewing, flour milling, and the production of confectionery, cigarettes, brick, and soap. Lubumbashi has a civic auditorium, a national museum, a Roman Catholic cathedral, and the Society of Congo Historians, as well as the University of Lubumbashi (1955).

      The city has road links to Kasai, Lake Mweru, Kalemie on Lake Tanganyika, northeastern Congo, and eastern Africa. There are rail routes from Lubumbashi to the Atlantic and Indian oceans, and Luano international airport is just outside the city. Lubumbashi was the centre of disaffection in Katanga during that province's attempted secession from the republic in the years (1960–63) immediately following independence. Pop. (2005 est.) 1,102,000.

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