City · DR Congo
Kolwezi
Kolwezi or Kolwesi is the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi. It has an airport and a railway to Lubumbashi. Just outside of Kolwezi there is the static inverter plant of the HVDC Inga-Shaba. The population is approximately 573,000.
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- Population: 790,248.
- Founded: 1937.
- Area: 213 sq km.
- Timezone: Africa/Lubumbashi.