The copper mining centers of Lubumbashi and Likasi were surrounded by the district but were administratively separate.
From 1963 to 1966, the area was constituted as Katanga Oriental.
Presidents of Katanga Oriental were: Haut-Katanga district was part of a proposed Haut-Katanga province to be established when the country's new constitution was implemented, originally slated for February 2009.
[2] The re-partition was completed in 2015, forming Haut-Katanga Province.
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