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Kolwezi, Kolwezi City, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Alternative Names:	KWZ, Kolvezi, Kolwezi, Колвези
Type:	Seat of a second-order administrative division
Mindat.org Region:	Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Region:	Kolwezi City, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latitude:	10° 42' 53" S
Longitude:	25° 28' 0" E
Lat/Long (dec):	-10.71484,25.46674
Köppen climate type:	Aw : Tropical savanna, wet
Population:	418,000 (2016)
Mindat Feature ID:	922773
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:922773:6
GUID:	a43048d7-5799-4797-a2ce-686215fc38ce

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 43' 39" S	25° 27' 21" E	1.8km (1.1 miles)
T17 Pit, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 42' 45" S	25° 26' 45" E	2.3km (1.4 miles)
Nioka East, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 43' 59" S	25° 27' 26" E	2.3km (1.4 miles)
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 42' 48" S	25° 26' 43" E	2.3km (1.4 miles)
GH Pit, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 42' 27" S	25° 26' 46" E	2.4km (1.5 miles)
T17 Underground, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 42' 48" S	25° 26' 38" E	2.5km (1.6 miles)
Kananga West, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 41' 18" S	25° 26' 54" E	3.6km (2.2 miles)
Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 43' 22" S	25° 25' 49" E	4.1km (2.5 miles)
KOV Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 42' 54" S	25° 25' 25" E	5.3km (3.3 miles)
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 43' 8" S	25° 25' 4" E	5.4km (3.3 miles)
Kamoto North Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 42' 33" S	25° 24' 28" E	6.5km (4.0 miles)
Kamoto Principal Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 43' 2" S	25° 24' 11" E	7.0km (4.3 miles)
Kamoto Principal Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 43' 17" S	25° 23' 47" E	7.1km (4.4 miles)
Mupine Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 41' 51" S	25° 24' 7" E	7.3km (4.6 miles)
Mashamba East Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 44' 32" S	25° 23' 40" E	8.4km (5.2 miles)
Mutoshi South Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 41' 37" S	25° 32' 29" E	8.5km (5.3 miles)
Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 40' 40" S	25° 32' 7" E	8.5km (5.3 miles)
Mutoshi North Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 40' 13" S	25° 31' 59" E	8.8km (5.5 miles)
Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 44' 17" S	25° 22' 50" E	9.8km (6.1 miles)
Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 44' 26" S	25° 22' 32" E	10.4km (6.4 miles)
Dikuluwe Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 44' 40" S	25° 21' 45" E	11.9km (7.4 miles)
Katonto Hill, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 40' 0" S	25° 19' 39" E	16.1km (10.0 miles)
Combolo Cu-Co deposit, Kyabukamba Village, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 32' 30" S	25° 30' 0" E	19.6km (12.2 miles)
Kyabukamba Village, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 31' 59" S	25° 28' 24" E	20.2km (12.6 miles)
Kamoa North 3, Kamoa, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 44' 57" S	25° 15' 16" E	23.5km (14.6 miles)
Kamoa, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 46' 3" S	25° 15' 14" E	24.0km (14.9 miles)
Kamoa North 2, Kamoa, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 47' 20" S	25° 15' 35" E	24.1km (15.0 miles)
Kamoa North 4, Kamoa, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 43' 0" S	25° 14' 44" E	24.2km (15.0 miles)
Kamoa North 5, Kamoa, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 40' 13" S	25° 14' 50" E	24.5km (15.2 miles)
Kansoko Mine, Kanuki, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	10° 48' 25" S	25° 15' 25" E	25.1km (15.6 miles)

Kamoto

Kamoto Principal Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

View of the Mutoshi (Ruwe) copper mining area, in 1958.

Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

View of the Musonoi copper mining area, in 1958.

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Kamoto

Kamoto Principal Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

View of the Mutoshi (Ruwe) copper mining area, in 1958.

Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

View of the Musonoi copper mining area, in 1958.

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Kamoto

Kamoto Principal Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

View of the Mutoshi (Ruwe) copper mining area, in 1958.

Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Minerals recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ Agardite-(Y)

ⓘ Anhydrite

ⓘ Asbolane

ⓘ Astrocyanite-(Ce) (TL)

ⓘ var: Cobalt-bearing Calcite

ⓘ 'Clinochalcomenite'

ⓘ var: Chalcotrichite

ⓘ Cuprosklodowskite

ⓘ Curite

ⓘ Demesmaekerite (TL)

ⓘ Derriksite (TL)

ⓘ var: Cobalt-bearing Dolomite

ⓘ Francevillite

ⓘ Françoisite-(Nd) (TL)

ⓘ Goethite

ⓘ Gold

ⓘ Guilleminite (TL)

ⓘ Kamotoite-(Y) (TL)

ⓘ Marthozite (TL)

ⓘ Oosterboschite (TL)

ⓘ Pendevilleite-(Y) (TL)

ⓘ Shabaite-(Nd) (TL)

ⓘ Verbeekite (TL)

Rock types recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ Sandstone

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

African Plate	Tectonic Plate
Central Africa	Region
DR Congo	Country
Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Mining Area
Katanga, DR Congo	Province
Lualaba, DR Congo	Province
Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	Territory
Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo	City

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Katanga, Kolwezi, Mutshatasha/Kolwezi	63.6.25.91.0.0

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