Lualaba Province du Lualaba (French) Mkoa wa Lualaba (Swahili)
Province
View of Kayo Falls
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Coordinates: 10°43′S 25°28′E / 10.717°S 25.467°E / -10.717; 25.467
Country	DR Congo
Established	2015 (2015)
Named for	Lualaba River
Capital and largest city	Kolwezi
Government
• Governor	Fifi Masuka Saini (acting)[1]
Area
• Total	121,308 km2 (46,837 sq mi)
• Rank	8th
Population  (2020 est.)
• Total	3,183,300
• Rank	13th
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
License Plate Code	CGO / 14
Official language	French
National language	Kiswahili
Website	www.lualaba.gouv.cd

Lualaba Province (Jimbo la Lualaba, in Swahili) is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Lualaba, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, and Tanganyika provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Katanga province.^[2] Lualaba was formed from the Lualaba and Kolwezi districts. Kolwezi was a hybrid city/district which was separated from its two territories and the city proper became the capital of the new province. The 2020 population was estimated to be 3,183,300.^[3]

Along with Haut-Katanga, Lualaba is in the Copperbelt of Central Africa. The DRC is only behind Chile, Peru, and the PRC in largest amount of copper produced globally.

Former province

Lualaba Province was separated from Katanga Province on 30 June 1963. Then, on 24 April 1966, it was united with Katanga Oriental to form Sud-Katanga Province, which was later merged back into Katanga. The President of Lualaba, from 1965 the governor, was Dominique Diur who held office from 23 September 1963 until 24 April 1966.