Lualaba Province
Lualaba
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| Coordinates: 10°43′S 25°28′E / 10.717°S 25.467°E | |
| Country | DR Congo |
| Established | 2015 |
| Named after | Lualaba River |
| Capital and largest city | Kolwezi |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Fifi Masuka |
| Area | |
• Total | 121,308 km2 (46,837 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 8th |
| Population (2020 est.) | |
• Total | 3,183,300 |
| • Rank | 13th |
| • Density | 26.241/km2 (67.965/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Native | Balunda • Kaonde • Baluntu • Baluba • Chokwe • Garanganze (Bayeke) • Balwalwa |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| License Plate Code | CGO / 14 |
| Official language | French |
| National language | Kiswahili |
| Website | www |
Lualaba Province (Jimbo la Lualaba, in Swahili) is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning when the former Katanga province was split up into four new provinces—Lualaba, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, and Tanganyika. Lualaba was formed from the Lualaba and Kolwezi districts. Kolwezi was a hybrid city/district which was separated from its two territories and the city proper became the capital of the new province. The 2020 population was estimated to be 3,183,300.
Along with Haut-Katanga, Lualaba is in the Copperbelt of Central Africa. The Congo is only behind Chile, Peru, and China in the largest amount of copper produced globally.