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Kolwezi

Middle Africa

Kolwezi is the capital of Lualaba Province in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi, and had a population of 572,942 at the 2015 census, with an urban population of about 480,000. Founded in 1938 and granted city status in 1971, it is a major mining centre for copper and cobalt, with additional deposits of uranium, radium and lime minerals in the surrounding area.

Facts
Population
418,000 1
Area (sq km)
213 1
Founding Year
1937 1
Founding Year
1938 2
Founding Year
1938 2
Elevation (m)
1448 1
Latitude
10.716667 degrees south 1
Longitude
25.466667 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Coastal
No 4
Climate Zone
Tropical 5
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 3
Sources
1. Kolwezi (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1937-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 418,000
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -10.716667, longitude 25.466667
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 1448 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 213.0 sq km
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2. Kolwezi (Wikipedia)
  • History
    The settlement was created in 1938 to be the headquarters for the western mining group of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga.
  • In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. GeoNames: Kolwezi - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 922773
    -10.71484 25.46674 P PPLA2 CD 22 01 790248 1485 Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1485 m
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4. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Democratic Republic of the Congo
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Geography note and Coastline
Quote, Geography note and Coastline
the narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River is the DRC's only outlet to the South Atlantic Ocean
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5. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -10.75, 25.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -10.75, 25.25
-10.75 25.25 Aw
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Wikidata: Kolwezi
Wikidata Q271404, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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