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Haut-Lomami Province du Haut-Lomami (French) Mkoa wa Lomami Juu (Swahili)
Province
Coordinates: 8°44′S 24°59′E / 8.733°S 24.983°E / -8.733; 24.983
Country	DR Congo
Established	2015 (2015)
Named for	Lomami River
Capital	Kamina
Government
• Governor	Marmont Banza
Area
• Total	108,204 km (41,778 sq mi)
Population
• Total	3,662,800
• Density	34/km (88/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
License Plate Code	CGO / 05
Official language	French
National language	Swahili
Non-national language	Kiluba

Haut-Lomami (French for "Upper Lomami") is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Haut-Lomami, Haut-Katanga, Lualaba, and Tanganyika provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Katanga province. Haut-Lomami was formed from the Haut-Lomami district whose town of Kamina was elevated to capital city of the new province.

Territories

Haut-Lomami is divided into 5 territories.

• Bukama
• Kabongo
• Kamina
• Kaniama
• Malemba-Nkulu

See also

• History of Katanga

References

1. Lukusa, Patient (26 July 2024). "Haut-Lomami : le gouverneur Marmont Banza publie un gouvernement de 10 ministres dont 2 femmes". 7sur7.cd (in French). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
2. "Le Katanga officiellement démembré en quatre nouvelles provinces". Radio Okapi (in French). 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
3. "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2012-01-24.

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