Katanga Province
Also known as Shaba Province, Katanga
former province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Katanga Province was a former region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that existed until it was divided into smaller provinces in 2011. It was historically significant as one of the DRC's major administrative divisions and an important area for the country's mineral resources and economy.
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Malachite specimen, showing the original botryoidal form and a polished face of the opposite half of the specimen. Mines in the vicinity of Kolwezi supply much of the polishing-grade malachite in the world. Another malachite specimen from Katanga, on display at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Katanga was one of the four large provinces created in the Belgian Congo in 1914. It was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Tanganyika, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba, and Haut-Katanga provinces. Between 1971 and 1997 (during the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko when Congo was known as Zaire), its official name was Shaba Province.