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Lubumbashi

American  
[loo-boom-bah-shee] / lʊˈbʊm bɑ ʃi /

noun

  1. a city in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Lubumbashi British  
/ ˌluːbʊmˈbæʃɪ /

noun

  1. Former name (until 1966): Elisabethville.  a city in the S Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre): founded in 1910 as a copper-mining centre; university (1955). Pop: 1 102 000 (2005 est)

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Virtus invested in a copper-and-cobalt processing plant near Lubumbashi, Congo, in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Khanyisa Mayo hit the woodwork for Kaizer Chiefs of South Africa in a 0-0 away draw against AS Simba from the Democratic Republic of Congo in Lubumbashi.

From Barron's Oct. 18, 2025

While voting in Lubumbashi, Katumbi asked the population to stay at polling stations and monitor the results until the end.

From Washington Times Dec. 20, 2023

It was on 13 March 1958, when Congo was under Belgian colonial rule, that Amadeus Muidikay and his wife Alphonsine Bambiwa Tumba were blessed with a baby girl in Lubumbashi.

From BBC Dec. 16, 2022

Protests urging Mr. Kabila to relinquish power have periodically rocked major cities like Kinshasa, the capital; Lubumbashi; and Kisangani.

From New York Times Aug. 8, 2018

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