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Lubumbashi

Middle Africa

Lubumbashi, formerly known as Elisabethville, is the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the country's southeasternmost province of Haut-Katanga near the border with Zambia. Founded as a colonial mining town, Lubumbashi sits at the heart of the copper- and cobalt-rich Copperbelt and remains the commercial and industrial capital of the DRC's mining sector.

Facts
Population
2,584,000 1
Area (sq km)
747 1
Founding Year
1910 1
Founding Year
1910 1
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Elevation (m)
1208 1
Latitude
11.66417 degrees south 1
Longitude
27.48278 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 2
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Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu

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Site Of

Société nationale des chemins de fer du Congo

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Source Wikidata: Societe nationale des chemins de fer du Congotier 2
TP Mazembe

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Source Wikidata: TP Mazembe
Sources
1. Lubumbashi (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    No definite population figures are available, but the population of the city's urban area is estimated to be around 2,584,000 in 2021.
  • Infobox, Area
    747 km2 (288 sq mi)
  • Infobox, Elevation
    1,208 m (3,963 ft)
  • Infobox: established_date
    1910
  • Infobox, Coordinates (latitude)
    11 deg 39 min 51 sec S 27 deg 28 min 58 sec E
  • Infobox, Coordinates (longitude)
    11 deg 39 min 51 sec S 27 deg 28 min 58 sec E
  • History, Elisabethville under Belgian rule
    established the modern-day government in the city of Élisabethville (sometimes Elizabethville, both in French, or Elisabethstad in Dutch) in 1910
  • In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Lubumbashi - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 922704
    -11.66089 27.47938 P PPLA CD 14 01 2221925 1260 Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1260 m
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3. 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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4. 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 -11.75, 27.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -11.75, 27.25
-11.75 27.25 Cwa
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Wikidata: Lubumbashi
Wikidata Q187593, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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