Lubumbashi: facts

At a glance

• Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Region: Haut-Katanga
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 2,221,925
• Coordinates: 11.6609° S, 27.4794° E
• Time zone: Africa/Lubumbashi (UTC+02:00)
• Currency: Franc (CDF)
• Distance to the capital, Kinshasa: 1,567 km (974 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM): 9.5 km (5.9 mi), straight line
• Solwesi Airport (SLI, Zambia): 134 km (83 mi), straight line
• Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport (NLA, Zambia): 184 km (114 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kipushi: 27 km (17 mi)
• Chililabombwe, Zambia: 87 km (54 mi)