Haut-Katanga is a new province

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

There are currently ten provinces and one city-province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:* An Ituri Interim Administration also exists in the Ituri region of Orientale province- Proposed provinces :...

 of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

 to be established when the country's new constitution is implemented (originally slated for February 2009) by dividing Katanga Province

Katanga Province

Katanga Province is one of the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Between 1971 and 1997, its official name was Shaba Province. Under the new constitution, the province was to be replaced by four smaller provinces by February 2009; this did not actually take place.Katanga's regional...

 into four parts.

It is one of 25 new provinces specified in the country's 2005 Constitution (effective 18 February 2006). It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces

ISO 3166-2:CD

ISO 3166-2:CD is the entry for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for the...

 within 36 months (18 February 2009). As of October 2010, this had not taken place.

The capital

Capital City

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 of Haut-Katanga province will be the city of Lubumbashi

Lubumbashi

Lubumbashi is the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, second only to the nation's capital Kinshasa, and the hub of the southeastern part of the country. The copper-mining city serves as the capital of the relatively prosperous Katanga Province, lying near the Zambian border...

.

Historical province

From 1963 to 1966, the area was constituted as Katanga Oriental. In 1966, it was merged with Lualaba Province

Lualaba Province

Lualaba is a new province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be established when the country's new constitution is implemented by dividing Katanga Province into four parts....

 to create Sud-Katanga, and was then merged into the new Shaba region.

Presidents

• 13 Aug 1963 - 20 Jul 1965 Édouard Bulundwe (b. 1932)
• 20 Jul 1965 - 24 Apr 1966 Godefroid Munongo
  Godefroid Munongo
  Godefroid Munongo Mwenda M'Siri was a politician of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was a minister and briefly the interim President in 1961. He was involved in ethnic cleansing and in the assassination of President Lumumba.-Biography:...
  
    (s.a.)

Territories

• Kambove
• Kasenga
• Kipushi
• Mitwaba
• Pweto
  Pweto Territory
  Pweto Territory is a territory in Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .The headquarters are in the town of Pweto.-Geography:Pweto is part of the district of Haut-Katanga....
  
  
• Sakania