Kolwezi

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Kolwezi is a mining city in the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for its rich copper and cobalt deposits and its role as a major industrial and economic center in the Lualaba province.

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Kolwezi canonical 10

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
mining city ⓘ
administrativeStatus commune ⓘ
battleInvolved Belgian paratroopers ⓘ
French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Katangese rebels ⓘ
battleOccurredIn 1978 ⓘ
climateClassification Aw (Köppen) ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
economyBasedOn metallurgy ⓘ
mining industry ⓘ
governingBody city council of Kolwezi ⓘ
hasClimate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue mining pollution ⓘ
soil contamination ⓘ
water contamination ⓘ
hasEvent Battle of Kolwezi ⓘ
hasIndustrialFacility cobalt processing plants ⓘ
copper smelters ⓘ
hasMiningCommodity cobalt ⓘ
copper ⓘ
uranium ⓘ
hasMiningCompany Gécamines ⓘ
Kamoto Copper Company ⓘ
Mutanda Mining ⓘ
Ruashi Mining ⓘ
hasResourceType non-ferrous metals ⓘ
historicalRegion Katanga ⓘ
isCapitalOf Lualaba Province ⓘ
knownFor cobalt mining ⓘ
copper mining ⓘ
industrial production ⓘ
open-pit mines ⓘ
uranium deposits ⓘ
languageUsed French ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
locatedIn Lualaba Province ⓘ
southern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
locatedOn Lualaba Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Katanga Plateau
nearTo Lubumbashi ⓘ
partOf Katanga mining region ⓘ
linked to: Katanga Copperbelt
role major economic center of Lualaba Province ⓘ
major industrial center ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Kolwezi Airport ⓘ
railway connection to Lubumbashi ⓘ
road links to Lubumbashi ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Katanga Province → containsCity → Kolwezi ⓘ
Lubumbashi → railConnection → Kolwezi ⓘ
Southern Democratic Republic of the Congo → hasImportantCity → Kolwezi ⓘ
Katanga → containsCity → Kolwezi ⓘ
Katanga Plateau → containsCity → Kolwezi ⓘ
Lualaba Province → capital → Kolwezi ⓘ
Lualaba Province → hasCity → Kolwezi ⓘ
Luau → connectedTo → Kolwezi ⓘ
Jadotville → railwayConnection → Kolwezi ⓘ