katanga

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Synonyms: katana, kananga, karanga, khatanga, kalanga, batanga

Antonyms: katana, kananga, karanga, khatanga, kalanga, batanga

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Proper noun

1. {{place|en|region|in the southeastern|c/Democratic Republic of the 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 reconquered by Congo and reorganized in three provinces until 1966; renamed [[Shaba]] 1972-1997 as part of president Mobutu's [[Zaireanization]].

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