Sakania
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Sakania is a town in Haut-Katanga District
Haut-Katanga District
Haut-Katanga District is a district located in the Katanga Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....

, in the far south of the Democratic Republic of Congo, near the border with Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

.It is located at an elevation of 1278m asl ,therefore it has a cool climate.
In 1949 it recorded the lowest temperature in the history of the country, with -1.5C.

The town is close to Frontier
Frontier Mine, Katanga
Frontier Mine is a copper mine in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo that was owned and operated by the Canadian Mining Company First Quantum Minerals...

mine, one of the largest in the country.
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