Katanga English

Meaning Katanga meaning

What does Katanga mean?

Katanga properNoun

— A region in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession.

— Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo.

— Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French.

— In 1960 a unilaterally declared independent state; in 1961-63 reconquered by Congo and reorganized in three provinces until 1966; renamed Shaba 1972-1997 as part of president Mobutu's Zairization.

Synonyms Katanga synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as Katanga?

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Zaire

Shaba

Kivu

Kinshasa

Kasai

Equateur

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo Orientale

Congo

Bandunda