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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

He was travelling from Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo to Laos, transiting through Ethiopia and Thailand, according to the department.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

On the outskirts of Lubumbashi in the far south of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Christophe Kabwita has been leading opposition to the Ruashi cobalt mine, owned by the Jinchuan Group since 2011.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2024

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

From Washington Times Dec. 20, 2023

The legal action on Monday, by the Commercial Court of Lubumbashi, came after the country’s state-owned mining enterprise had sought the removal of the mine’s Chinese management.

From New York Times Feb. 28, 2022

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