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Peace it! facebook.com/monusco.org | twitter.com/monusco | flickr.com/monusco | www.monusco.org Provincial Politics Governor: Moise Katumbi Chapwe Provincial Assembly: 102 MPs including 20 women; dominated by the Presidential Majority (97% seats) while fragmented opposition occupies only 3 % of the Assembly National Politics 72 National MPs, 1 Deputy Prime Minister and 9 National Ministers are from Katanga. The National Director of Intelligence Services is also a Katangan. Capital: Lubumbashi, Population: 1.5 million Distance between Lubumbashi and Kinshasa: 2,500km Surface: 496,871 km² (21% of the DRC) larger than California and 16 times larger than Belgium Population: 6 Million and 59,063 (12 persons/km 2 ) Main Languages: French and Swahili 4 Districts: Haut- Katanga; Haut-Lomami; Lualaba and Tanganyika Natural Resources Copper, Cobalt, Manganese, Coltan, Zink, Germanium, Cassiterite, Magnesium, Gold, Uranium, Gold, Tin, Radium, Timber Nature Covered by dry savannah Lake Tanganyika, the second largest and deepest lake of the world Katanga Province January 2015 Geographical location The Katanga province shares borders with Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, and with the DRC provinces of South Kivu, Kasai Occidental and Maniema. Political situation Katanga is the home province of President Kabila and of many key government figures (notably within the security forces). However, the people of Katanga are critical of the disproportionate 5% fiscal returns allocated to the province which contributes an estimated 40% to the national fiscal revenue. Moreover, the current political dominance might be weakened at the end of President Kabila’s second term. The 2006 Constitution foresees a division of Katanga into four smaller Provinces (the current districts). As a result, secessionist drives have resurfaced. As a reminder, Katanga was declared an independent state in 1960 and reunified with the rest of the Congo by ONUC in 1963.
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Provincial Politics
Governor: Moise Katumbi Chapwe
Provincial Assembly: 102 MPs including 20 women; dominated by the Presidential Majority (97% seats) while fragmented opposition occupies only 3 % of the Assembly National Politics 72 National MPs, 1 Deputy Prime Minister and 9 National Ministers are from Katanga. The National Director of Intelligence Services is also a Katangan.
Capital: Lubumbashi, Population: 1.5 million Distance between Lubumbashi and Kinshasa: 2,500km
Surface: 496,871 km² (21% of the DRC) larger than California and 16 times larger than Belgium
Population: 6 Million and 59,063 (12 persons/km2) Main Languages: French and Swahili 4 Districts: Haut-Katanga; Haut-Lomami; Lualaba and Tanganyika
Natural Resources
Copper, Cobalt, Manganese, Coltan, Zink, Germanium, Cassiterite, Magnesium, Gold, Uranium, Gold, Tin, Radium, Timber
Nature Covered by dry savannah Lake Tanganyika, the second largest and deepest lake of the world
Katanga Province January 2015
Geographical location The Katanga province shares borders with Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, and with the DRC provinces of South Kivu, Kasai Occidental and Maniema.
Political situation Katanga is the home province of President Kabila and of many key government figures (notably within the security forces). However, the people of Katanga are critical of the disproportionate 5% fiscal returns allocated to the province which contributes an estimated 40% to the national fiscal revenue. Moreover, the current political dominance might be weakened at the end of President Kabila’s second term. The 2006 Constitution foresees a division of Katanga into four smaller Provinces (the current districts). As a result, secessionist drives have resurfaced. As a reminder, Katanga was declared an independent state in 1960 and reunified with the rest of the Congo by ONUC in 1963.
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