Katanga

Proper noun

 * , originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession.
 * 1) Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo.
 * 2) Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French.
 * 3) 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 Zaireanization.

Translations

 * Dutch: Katanga
 * French:
 * German: Katanga

Proper noun

 * , originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession
 * 1) Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo
 * 2) Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French
 * 3) 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

Derived terms

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Proper noun

 * , originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession
 * 1) Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo
 * 2) Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French
 * 3) 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