Kolwezi

Kolwezi is a city in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi in the province of Shaba. It is home to an airport and a railway to Lubumbashi.

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Kolwezi is an important mining centre for copper and cobalt. There are also uranium, radium, oxide ores, and lime deposits.

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In the colonial period, the 2rep, the elite paratroopers of the French Foreign Legion, were sent in to destroy the local militia, and succeeded despite supposedly tremendous odds.

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On May 12 1978, rebels supported by Angola, occupied the city. The government of Zaire asked the U.S., France and Belgium to restore the order. 700 Africans and 170 Europeans died.

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Near Kolwezi there is the static inverter plant of the HVDC Inga-Shaba.

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Likasi: Likasi is a town in Katanga Province, in the south-east region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (the former Belgian Congo, now also known as Congo-DRC or Congo-Kinshasa). During the colonial period the town was called Jadotville....

Shaba: :Shaba was also the name of the Katanga province of the DR Congo between 1971 and 1997....

Airport: An airport is a facility where aircraft can take off and land. At the very minimum, an airport consists of one runway (or helipad), but other common components are hangars and terminal buildings. Apart from these, an airport may have a variety of facilities and infrastructure, including fixed base ...