Kambove (CD)

Kambove is a town (78,262 inhabitants in 2012) in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kambove lies at an altitude of 1,457 m. Economic activity in the area includes cobalt processing. Kambove is the center of the Kambove mines region. Gécamines, a state-owned mining company, owns the Kamoya central, Kamoya south, Shangolowe and Kamfundwa mines. Ore from these mines is transported to the concentrator at Kambove for extraction of copper and cobalt.

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Republic

Note: In 2015 Haut-Lomami, Haut-Katanga, Lualaba, and Tanganyika provinces were created from the former Katanga province.

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Katanga State 1960-1962

P.O. to be confirmed

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Belgian Congo period 1909-1960

Opening date?

Circle in 1916. Auction image.