Place details
Place nameKatanga
Other namesKatanga, Province du, Province de Katanga, Sha'ba, Shaba, Shaba, Région du, Elisabethville
CountryCongo
Latitude-9
Longitude26
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Came under Belgian colonial governance in 1885; seceded from the recently independent Congo in July 1960 with support from Belgium; political disorder followed & the movement was suppressed in 1963 with intervention from the United Nations.