| LC control no. | n 78076393 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Katanga (Congo) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Congo (Democratic Republic)--Katanga |
| Variant(s) | Garenganze (Congo) Katanga, Congo (Province) Katanga (Zaire) |
| See also | Katanga (Secessionist government, 1960-1963) Shaba (Zaire) Lualaba (Congo : Province) Haut-Lomami (Congo) Haut-Katanga (Congo) Tanganyika (Congo) |
| Found in | Moments of freedom, 1998: CIP introd. (Katanga became Shaba; name restored to Katanga by the new president, Laurent Kabila) BGN Foreign Names Committee approved minutes, Feb. 24, 1998 (Present entry: Shaba [short form], Région du, ADM1, 9°00ʹS 26°00ʹE; new entry: Katanga [short form], Province du, ADM1, 9°00ʹS 26°00ʹE) Columbia gazetteer of the world, viewed June 7, 2016 (Katanga; province; called Elizabethville 1935-1947; called Katanga in 1960; renamed Shaba in 1972; renamed Katanga c. 1998) Wikipedia, viewed June 7, 2016: (Katanga Province; split into Tanganyika, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba, and Haut-Katanga in 2015) |
| Geographic area code | f-cg--- |
| Invalid LCCN | n 98007067 |
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