Kipushi
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Kipushi | |
|---|---|
  Kipushi Location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Coordinates: 11°46′01″S 27°13′59″E / 11.76694°S 27.23306°E | |
| Country |  DR Congo |
| Province | Haut-Katanga |
| Territory | Kipushi |
| Elevation | 1,329 m (4,360 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 132,861 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (Central Africa Time) |
| Climate | Cwa |
Kipushi is a town in Haut-Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies 35 km southwest of the city of Lubumbashi, very close to the border with Zambia, at an altitude of 1329 m (4363 ft).[1] The main economic activity of the town is mining. Kipushi is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sakania–Kipushi.
Kipushi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa).
| Climate data for Kipushi | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.4 (68.7) |
18.1 (64.6) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 258 (10.2) |
261 (10.3) |
206 (8.1) |
53 (2.1) |
4 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2 (0.1) |
44 (1.7) |
178 (7.0) |
260 (10.2) |
1,267 (49.9) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
