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Lubumbashi

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Watercolour of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. On the Katanga high plateau along the Kafubu River, centered around the iconic Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral and the historic copper slag heap (Terril de Lubumbashi), with Cathédrale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul and Art Deco.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Cathédrale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul; Art Deco; Lake Kipopo; University of Lubumbashi; lush Katanga high-plateau miombo woodland flora
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the tree-lined square toward Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral with palm trees and colonial facades, or looking across the calm waters of Lake Kipopo toward the distinctive dark silhouette of the Terril, showing jacaranda and palm branches in the foreground, the cathedral or lake in the middle-ground, and the vast Katanga plateau horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick miombo woodlands of the plateau, royal palms along the boulevards, and Lake Kipopo parklands.
Guarded against
Not Kinshasa, Kananga, or Goma
Population2,221,925Wikidata: 1,786,397
Coordinates11.66°S, 27.48°E
Elevation1,208 m
Area747,000,000 km²
Time zoneAfrica/LubumbashiUTC+2
Solar noon12:10clock runs 0.2 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Lubumbashi and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Discovery Harbor, United States — 886 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

LusakaZM426 km
LilongweMW731 km
Mbuji-MayiCD748 km
HarareZW786 km
KanangaCD848 km
GitegaBI954 km
DodomaTZ1,093 km
KigaliRW1,117 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Lubumbashi inside this atlas.

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