Kambove is a town in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. National Geographic Atlas of the World: Revised Sixth Edition, National Geographic Society, 1992
Kambove lies at an altitude of 1457m (4783 ft). Economic activity in the area includes cobalt processing.www.africaintelligence.com Kambove is the center of the Kambove mines region. Gécamines, a state-owned mining company, owns the Kamoya central, Kamoya south, Shangolowe and Kamfundwa mines. Ore from these mines is transported to the concentrator at Kambove for extraction of copper and cobalt.
Climate Kambove has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa).
Notable births
Cécile Kyenge an Italian minister of Letta Cabinet was born in Kambove.
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