Lubudi River (Lualaba tributary)

The Lubudi River (Swahili: Mto Lubudi) is a tributary of the Lualaba River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Lubudi rises near the Zambian border southwest of Kolwezi. It flows north and northeast to join the Lualaba from the left where the southern Katanga plateau drops into the Upemba Depression, near Bukama.^[1]

Lubudi River
Upper Lualaba and tributaries, Lubudi to the west
Location
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	11.259562°S 24.634781°E / -11.259562; 24.634781
Mouth
• coordinates	9.209925°S 25.623336°E / -9.209925; 25.623336

History

Around 1800 the copper mines on the Lubudi river were part of the Lunda Empire. The people delivered copper to the Emperor ("Mwant Yav") as tribute, but also sold copper bars in exchange for food such as dried fish and manioc flour.^[2] In the early nineteenth century the villagers on the upper Lubudi were subject to the Mushima chief, an ally of the king of Samba.^[3]