[2] Katanda Territory is sectioned into four sectors: Baluba-Lubilanji, Mutwayi, Nsangu, and Tshitolo.

[4] It once happened that somewhere on the hill, there was a single mother who used to sell her goods in her small hangar.

So, when the Belgian settlers arrived to implant the Colo-Cotton (the colonial cotton industry), they asked autochthons for the name of that place and they all replied "Katanda", by reference to that single woman's small hangar.

Katanda is located 60 km southwest of Mbuji-Mayi, the capital of East Kasai Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Lumpemba Source: Mr. Modeste Tshimbowa Ntalaja, the current chief of Nsangu sector.

[3] The vegetation is dominated by imperata and panicum (the wooded savannah or clear forest).

[3] The territory is crossed by several rivers including lakes such Malengu, Lubombo, Nyinda, Kapongo, Kasampi and Lukelenge.

Survivors keep testifying their tragedies and warning people to prevent any potential assault.

The Province promised to assist the Territory by leading these carnivores back to their home rivers.

So, despite the rarity of precious and semi-precious stones, the fall of raw materials on the international market, as well as other collateral repercussions of the financial crisis, diamond mining by individual contractors is still prevalent in the Katanda, whereas the economy is now oriented to subsistence activities such agriculture with local farmers who are using simple tools.

The massive conversion of this mining people into farmers has significantly raised the provincial rank in the National agricultural production indicators.

The territorial activities is based on: · Agriculture (45%) · Retail trade (30%) · Artisanal mining (diamond) (15%) · Livestock (7%) · Fishing (3%) The abundant harvest from these familial activities raises the economy of Katanda on the top list of the list of several national productions; such as corn & cassava.

The territorial agricultural production started decreasing just when women and elderlies avoided maintaining and watering as scheduled their cornfields, fields of cassava, fields of wheat fearing hippopotamus and crocodiles' assaults offshore.

In 1988 Allison Brooks and John Yellin discovered a bone harpoon point in Katanda, Democratic Republic of Congo.

The influence of colonization and the effects of globalization have competitively lowered nowadays the predominance of Tshiluba Language to 80% speakers in various territorial fields.

Catholic Church backed them up by introducing the alphabetization for adults and seniors in French.

In the '80s, the wave of deportation from Katanga brought Swahili in all five territories of the East Kasai.

Even dominated by Tshiluba and somewhat Swahili, French remains the unique official language in Katanda and the entire country as well.

Secondly, the federal development agents working synergistically with the local authorities of public administration.

Thirdly both, Tetela and Songe languages are audible on the Route National 2 as well as in some isolated conversations at the market.

However, they also show movies about Congolese and African recent history like Mister Bob, Sniper: Reloaded, SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines, and Tears of the Sun.

Zadis in particular also screens great football matches, and local singers' concerts and Christian meetings are regularly held here.

All over the city, especially in crowded neighborhoods, are spread small rooms in which children are exposed to violent movies from morning to night.

Nigeria's Nollywood films are also, as in many other parts of the DRC and Africa, popular among the residents.

RTNC (Congolese National Radio and Television) has a provincial station located in Lubumbashi district at Mbuji-Mayi.