Kambove

Coordinates: 10°52′35″S 26°35′49″E / 10.87639°S 26.59694°E / -10.87639; 26.59694

Libethenite crystals to 3 mm from Kambove. Specimen size: 8.0 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm.

Kambove is a town in Haut-Katanga District, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

Kambove lies at an altitude of 4783 ft (1457 m). Economic activity in the area includes cobalt processing.[2] Kambove is the center of the Kambove mines region.[3] Gécamines, a state-owned mining company, owns the Kamoya central, Kamoya south, Shangolowe and Kamfundwa mines.[4] Ore from these mines is transported to the concentrator at Kambove for extraction of copper and cobalt.[5]

Climate

Kambove has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa).

Climate data for Kambove
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) 21.1
(70)		 21.1
(70)		 21.1
(70)		 20.4
(68.7)		 18.3
(64.9)		 16.0
(60.8)		 15.6
(60.1)		 17.8
(64)		 20.8
(69.4)		 22.3
(72.1)		 21.9
(71.4)		 21.2
(70.2)		 19.8
(67.63)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 206
(8.11)		 198
(7.8)		 216
(8.5)		 67
(2.64)		 6
(0.24)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 1
(0.04)		 10
(0.39)		 70
(2.76)		 183
(7.2)		 224
(8.82)		 1,181
(46.5)
Source: Climate-Data.org[6]

Notable births

Cecile Kyenge an Italian minister of Letta Cabinet was born in Kambove.

References

  1. ↑ National Geographic Atlas of the World: Revised Sixth Edition, National Geographic Society, 1992
  2. ↑ www.africaintelligence.com
  3. ↑ "Kambove, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)". Mindat. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  4. ↑ "Exploitation". Gécamines. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  5. ↑ "GCM GROUPE CENTRE". Gecamines. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  6. ↑ "Climate:Kambove". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
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