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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 Province|Tanganyika]], [[Haut-Lomami]], [[Lualaba Province|Lualaba]] and [[Haut-Katanga]] provinces. Between 1971 and 1997 (during the rule of [[Mobutu Sese Seko]] when Congo was known as [[Zaïre]]), its official name was '''Shaba Province'''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Katanga-province-Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo |title=Katanga {{!}} province, Democratic Republic of the Congo |work=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=2018-02-26|language=en}}</ref>
Katanga's area encompassed {{convert|497000|km2|ha}}. Farming and ranching are carried out on the [[Katanga Plateau]]. The eastern part of the province is considered to be a rich mining region, which supplies [[cobalt]], [[copper]], [[tin]], [[radium]], [[uranium]], and [[diamond]]s. The region's former capital, [[Lubumbashi]], is the second-largest city in the Congo.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QdBtBgAAQBAJ&
==History==
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==Economy==
Copper mining is an important part of the economy of Katanga province.<ref name="congo-pages">{{cite web |url=http://www.congo-pages.org/katart/copper.htm |title=COPPER |publisher=congo-pages.org |accessdate=23 October 2015}}</ref> Cobalt mining by individual contractors is also prevalent. A number of reasons have been advanced for the failure of the vast mineral wealth of the province to increase the overall standard of living. The local provincial budget was US$440 million in 2011.<ref name=RadioOpaki>{{cite news |url=http://radiookapi.net/economie/2010/09/21/katanga-le-budget-2011-s%E2%80%99eleve-a-396-milliards-de-francs-congolais |date=21 September 2010 |title=Katanga: le budget 2011 s'élève à 396 milliards de Francs congolais |publisher=Radio Okapi |url-status= dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723234325/http://radiookapi.net/economie/2010/09/21/katanga-le-budget-2011-s%E2%80%99eleve-a-396-milliards-de-francs-congolais/ |archivedate=23 July 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=NISA2006>{{cite report |url=http://friendsofthecongo.org/pdf/fataltransactions.pdf
==Mining==
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