| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Kolwezi |
(k lw z´ ) (KEY) , city (1984 pop. 416,122), Katanga province, SE Congo (Kinshasa). It is a center for copper and cobalt mining. There are copper-ore concentration plants, a zinc refinery, and a brewery. Rebels attacked the city in 1978, flooding the mines. |
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