Tanganyika Province
Tanganyika
Province du Tanganyika (French) Bukata wa Tanganyika (Luba-Katanga) | |
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Tanganyika Province | |
Interactive map of Tanganyika Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Coordinates: 6°41′S 28°04′E / 6.69°S 28.07°E | |
| Country | DR Congo |
| Established | 2015 |
| Named after | Lake Tanganyika |
| Capital | Kalemie |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Christian Kitungwa |
| Area | |
• Total | 134,940 km2 (52,100 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 3,062,000 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (59/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Native | BaTaabwa, BaLuba, BaHoloholo, BaTumbwe, BaLungwana, BaBuyu |
| • Settler | WaSwahili, Banyarwanda, BaBembe |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| License Plate Code | CGO / 24 |
| Official language | French |
| National language | KiLuba |
| Website | tanganyika |
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Tanganyika (Swahili: Jimbo la Tanganyika) is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Tanganyika, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami and Lualaba provinces are the result of the splitting up of the former Katanga province. Tanganyika was formed from the Tanganyika district whose town of Kalemie was elevated to capital city of the new province.
The new province's territory corresponds to the historic Nord-Katanga province that existed in the early period of post-colonial Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1962 and 1966.