What Country Was Lubumbashi In?

Lubumbashi (Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa)) lies within 4 different states on Chronica Maps' 39 historical border maps. The longest stretch is under Zaire, from 1945 to today. The earliest state recorded here is Yeke (1880).

Who ruled Lubumbashi?

Period (by border map)	Ruled by
500 BC – AD 799	Khoisan
AD 800 – 1599	Bantu peoples
1600 – 1879	Unclaimed / no data
1880 – 1913	Yeke
1914 – 1919	Belgian Congo
1920 – 1937	Zaire (Belgium)
1938 – 1944	Belgian Congo
1945 – today	Zaire

Map showing Lubumbashi in 1994 — Border map for 1994. See the world in 1994.

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Based on approximate historical borders; towns close to a frontier may be assigned to a neighbouring state.

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.