State · 1960 – 1963
State of Katanga
A state of 1960 – 1963 — 3 years in sub-Saharan Africa. Its line of rulers holds 1 person. Its own article says it was dissolved.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 3 years
- 1960 – 1963
- Rulers
- 1
- the President
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved, 1963. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
It was dissolved in 1963 following an invasion by United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) forces, and reintegrated with the rest of the country as Katanga Province.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moïse Tshombe | 1960 – 1963 | 3 years | ending not on record |
1 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 1960 – 1963. Only 3 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, undatedFlag of Katanga · Public domain 
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Katanga · Public domain
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood3 years
stood longer than 10% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record1
has more rulers on record than 13% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1950 – 1973, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1962, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1148907 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.