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Elisabethstad vs Katanga - What's the difference?

elisabethstad | katanga |

As a proper noun katanga is

a region in southeastern congo, originally conquered by the congo free state (owned by the belgian king, not his european state) but administered as a corporate mining concession.

elisabethstad

Not English

Elisabethstad has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

katanga

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A region in southeastern Congo, originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession.
  • Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo.
  • Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French.
  • In 1960 a unilaterally declared independent state; in 1961-63 reconquered by Congo and reorganized in three provinces until 1966; renamed Shaba 1972-1997 as part of president Mobutu's Zairization.

    • Derived terms

    * Katangese * East Katanga * North Katanga * South Katanga