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| subdivision_name1 = [[Haut-Katanga Province|Haut-Katanga]]
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'''Sakania''' is a town in [[Haut-Katanga Province]], in the [[Congo Pedicle]], in the far south of the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], near the border with [[Zambia]]. It is located at an elevation of 1278m asl, therefore it has a cool climate.
Between 1935 and 1939 it recorded one of the lowest temperatures in the history of the country, with -1.5 °C.<ref>{{Citation
| last1 = Vandenplas | first1 = A.
| title = [[La Température au Congo-Belge]]
| place = Brussels
| publisher = [[Ministère des Colonies]]
| pages = 143
| date = 1947 }}.
</ref>
The town is close to [[Frontier Mine, Katanga|Frontier]] copper mine, one of the largest in the country.<ref name=24hgold>{{cite web
|url=http://www.24hgold.com/english/project.aspx?id=9034324E6680&moreparam=hlMore
|work=24hGold
|title=Frontier Project
|accessdate=2011-11-04}}</ref>
On the other side of the near borderline is the [[Zambia|Zambian]] city of [[Ndola]] in the [[Copperbelt Province]].
== Transport ==
The city is served by the operating sections of the [[Cape to Cairo Railway]]. It has a station on the railway between [[Ndola]] in the south and [[Lubumbashi]] in the north-west.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lobito Corridor – progress update {{!}} News {{!}} IJGlobal |url=https://www.ijglobal.com/articles/177000/lobito-corridor-progress-update |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=www.ijglobal.com}}</ref>
== See also ==
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