Kolwezi
Provincial capital and city in Lualaba, DR Congo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kolwezi or Kolwesi is the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi. It has an airport and a railway to Lubumbashi. Just outside of Kolwezi there is the static inverter plant of the HVDC Inga-Shaba.[4] The population is approximately 573,000.
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Kolwezi | |
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Provincial capital and city | |
Ville de Kolwezi | |
Coordinates: 10°43′S 25°28′E 10°43′S 25°28′E | |
Country | DR Congo |
Province | Lualaba |
Founded | 1938 |
City status | 1971 |
District | 1976 (1976)–2015 (2016) |
Founded by | Union Minière |
Communes | Dilala, Manika |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jacques Masengo[1] |
Area | |
• City | 213 km2 (82 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,448 m (4,751 ft) |
Population (2015[2]) | |
• City | 572,942 |
• Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
• Urban | 480,000 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (Central Africa Time) |
Climate | Cwa |
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Before the creation of Lualaba province in 2015 Kolwezi had two territories attached to it and the whole was known as the Kolwezi District.