Kambove

10°52′35″S 26°35′49″E

Libethenite crystals to 3 mm from Kambove. Specimen size: 8.0 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm.

Kambove is a town in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1]

Kambove lies at an altitude of 4783 ft (1457 m). Economic activity in the area includes cobalt processing.^[2] Kambove is the center of the Kambove mines region.^[3] Gécamines, a state-owned mining company, owns the Kamoya central, Kamoya south, Shangolowe and Kamfundwa mines.^[4] Ore from these mines is transported to the concentrator at Kambove for extraction of copper and cobalt.^[5]

Climate

Kambove has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa).

Climate data for Kambove
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	21.1 (70.0)	21.1 (70.0)	21.1 (70.0)	20.4 (68.7)	18.3 (64.9)	16.0 (60.8)	15.6 (60.1)	17.8 (64.0)	20.8 (69.4)	22.3 (72.1)	21.9 (71.4)	21.2 (70.2)	19.8 (67.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	206 (8.1)	198 (7.8)	216 (8.5)	67 (2.6)	6 (0.2)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.0)	10 (0.4)	70 (2.8)	183 (7.2)	224 (8.8)	1,181 (46.4)
Source: Climate-Data.org[6]

Notable births

Cécile Kyenge an Italian minister of Letta Cabinet was born in Kambove.