Kambove

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 the Haut-Katanga Province of the 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).

Notable births

Cécile 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. Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
5. "GCM GROUPE CENTRE". Gecamines. Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
6. "Climate:Kambove". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 10 April 2014.