Kambove
10°52′35″S 26°35′49″E / 10.87639°S 26.59694°E
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).
| Climate data for Kambove | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 206 (8.1) |
198 (7.8) |
216 (8.5) |
67 (2.6) |
6 (0.2) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
10 (0.4) |
70 (2.8) |
183 (7.2) |
224 (8.8) |
1,181 (46.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[6] | |||||||||||||
Notable births
Cécile Kyenge an Italian minister of Letta Cabinet was born in Kambove.
References
- ^ National Geographic Atlas of the World: Revised Sixth Edition, National Geographic Society, 1992
- ^ www.africaintelligence.com
- ^ "Kambove, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)". Mindat. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "Exploitation". Gécamines. Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "GCM GROUPE CENTRE". Gecamines. Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ "Climate:Kambove". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
