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Kamina
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Kamina , city (1984 pop. 171,008), Katanga province, S Congo (Kinshasa). It is an administrative and transportation center. A major military airfield is located there. Kamina was used by the Belgians as a center for interventionist actions in the early months of the Congo's independence (1960). It later served as a center for UN operations during the crisis caused by the secession (1960-63) of Katanga.
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