Katanga

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固有名詞

A region in the southeastern 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.

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Katanga's strategic minerals made it a focal point for colonial companies and contested governance in the southeastern Congo.

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意味（1）

A region in the southeastern 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.

意味（2）

Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo.

意味（3）

Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French.

意味（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 Zairization.