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Likasi

Middle Africa

Likasi is a city in Haut-Katanga Province in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Facts
Population
422,535 1
Area (sq km)
235 1
Founding Year
1916 to 1917 2
Population Estimate Year
2010 1
Elevation (m)
1318 1
Latitude
10.983333 degrees south 1
Longitude
26.733333 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Coastal
No 4
Climate Zone
Temperate 5
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 3
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V. Y. Mudimbe

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Source Encyclopedia.com: Mudimbe, V. Y.Biography
Quote, Biography
He was born on December 8, 1941, in Jadotville, a town now known as Likasi, in the Katanga province of Congo.
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe

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Source Encyclopedia.com: Mudimbe, V. Y.Biography
Quote, Biography
He was born on December 8, 1941, in Jadotville, a town now known as Likasi, in the Katanga province of Congo.
Sources
1. Likasi (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 422,535 (2010)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -10.983333, longitude 26.733333
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 1318 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 235.0 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 422535 (2010)
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2. Wikipedia (French): Likasi
Wikipedia (French)Article text: founding statement
Quote, Article text: founding statement
Likasi est une ville de la province du Haut-Katanga en république démocratique du Congo, créée en 1916-1917
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3. GeoNames: Likasi - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 922741
    -10.98303 26.7384 P PPL CD 14 06 635768 1288 Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1288 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, 26.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -10.75, 26.75
-10.75 26.75 Cwa
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Likasi (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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