Lubumbashi

Brief information about the Lubumbashi

Lubumbashi (former titles: Élisabethville (French) and Elisabethstad (Dutch)) is a town in the southeastern portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is the second-largest at the nation, the biggest being the capital, Kinshasa. Lubumbashi is the mining capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, acting as a hub for lots of the biggest mining companies of the nation .

The town is near the border with Zambia and functions as the capital of the relatively prosperous Haut-Katanga Province. Population estimates vary widely but average around 1.5 million.