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On 11 July 1960, a few days after the Congo
Republic had gained independence, the province of Katanga seceded as an independent state. In November 1961 the northern portion was reconquered by the national government and made the province of Nord-Katanga. On 21 January 1963 the remainder of Katanga
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was reconquered and divided into the provinces of
Lualaba and Katanga Oriental. Nord-Katanga, Lualaba and Katanga Oriental were merged back into the province of Katanga on 28 December 1966. In 2015 Haut-Lomami Province was formed from Haut-Lomami district, whose town of
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to the southeast, Lualaba
District to the south and Portuguese territories to the west. The area was 163,300 square kilometres (63,100 sq mi) out of a total of 496,700 square kilometres (191,800 sq mi) for Katanga province as a whole.
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The original four provinces of the
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428:(2009–1),
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268:References
137:Province.
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818:Orientale
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246:See also
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