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Katanga may mean:

• State of Katanga, a former break away state
• Katanga Province, DR Congo, the present-day area and status of that break away state
• Haut-Katanga Province, or "Upper Katanga" in English, a new province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Katanga Crisis, also known as "Congo Crisis"
• Katanga Plateau - a plateau in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Garenganze or Katanga in Central Africa, home of the pre-colonial Yeke Kingdom of Msiri
• Germain Katanga, a Congolese militia leader accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court.
• Flag of Katanga
• Katanga Cross, a kind of ancient Katangan money
• Katanga Caco, a species of frog
• Katanga bush viper, a species of snake
• Katanga Masked-weaver, a species of bird
• Katanga franc, obsolete currency unit
• Simon Katanga, the African ship's captain from Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Katanga River, a river in Russia

See also

• Khatanga

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English

Proper noun

Katanga

1. A region in southeastern Congo, originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession
2. Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo
3. Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French
4. In 1960 a unilaterally declared independent state; in 1961-63 reconquerred by Congo and re-organised in three provinces until 1966; renamed Shaba 1972-1997 as part of president Mobutu's Zairization

Derived terms

• Katangese
• East Katanga
• North Katanga
• South Katanga

Translations

• Dutch: Katanga nl(nl)
• French: Katanga fr(fr)
• German: Katanga de(de)

Dutch

Proper noun

Katanga

1. The Katanga region/province in southeastern Congo, in 1933-1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French
2. The 1960 a unilaterally declared independent state Katanga; in 1961-63 reconquerred by Congo and re-organised in three provinces until 1966; renamed Shaba 1972-1997 as part of Zairization

Derived terms

• Katangees m. & adjective
• Noord-Katanga
• Oost-Katanga
• Zuid-Katanga

French

Proper noun

Template:fr-proper noun m.

1. The Katanga region/province in southeastern Congo, in 1933-1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French
2. The 1960 a unilaterally declared independent state Katanga; in 1961-63 reconquerred by Congo and re-organised in three provinces until 1966; renamed Shaba 1972-1997 as part of Zairization

Derived terms

• Katangais m.
• katangais m. & adjective
• Katanga oriental m.
• Nord-Katanga m.
• Sud-Katanga m.