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
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