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What (who) is Katanga - definition


Union Minière du Haut-Katanga         
  • Mining by the Union Minière du Haut Katanga, 1922
  • Shinkolobwe mine
  • Élisabethville]] (modern-day Lubumbashi) in 1917
COMPANY
UMHK; Union Miniere du Haut Katanga; Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga; Union Miniere du Katanga; Union minière du-Haut-Katanga; Union Minière du Haut Katanga
The Union Minière du Haut-Katanga (French; literally "Mining Union of Upper-Katanga") was a Belgian mining company (with minority British share) which controlled and operated the mining industry in the copperbelt region in the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1906 and 1966.
Katanga Cross         
CROSS-SHAPED CAST COPPER INGOT USED AS A FORM OF CURRENCY
Katanga cross
A Katanga Cross, also called a handa, is a cast copper ingot in the shape of an equal-armed cross which was once used as a form of currency in parts of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Katanga crosses were made in various sizes, typically about across, and weighing about .
Haut-Katanga District         
  • Location of Haut-Katanga district (red) in extreme south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2014)
Haut-Katanga District (Upper Katanga District) is a former district located in the former Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Katanga
Examples of use of Katanga
1. "The people of Katanga, they are pressuring me!" he said, rapping his gavel on the podium.
2. Much of the money has come to mineral–rich Katanga, and specifically to Lubumbashi.
3. Most were women and children," the Vice Governor of southeast Katanga Province, Yav Tshibal, said.
4. Further south in Katanga, militias known as Mai Mai cause mayhem and terror.
5. Two other Congolese, Germaine Katanga and Mathieu Chui, also are in custody and awaiting confirmation of charges against them.