Katanga 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, its official name was Shaba Province.Katanga's area encompassed 497,000 square kilometres. Farming and ranching are carried out on the Katanga Plateau. Read More
