Lubumbashi
City
Mining city in southern DR Congo, the capital of Katanga; called Élisabethville until 1966.
Names
- 1910 – May 2, 1966 Élisabethville
Held by
- July 1, 1885 – November 15, 1908 Congo Free State
- November 15, 1908 – June 30, 1960 Belgian Congo
- since June 30, 1960 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Events here 1
- January 17, 1961 Assassination of Patrice Lumumba