# Sakania

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**Sakania** is the seat of [Sakania Territory](/source/Sakania_Territory) in [Haut-Katanga Province](/source/Haut-Katanga_Province) in the far south of the [Democratic Republic of Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo). It is in the [Congo Pedicle](/source/Congo_Pedicle), near the border with [Zambia](/source/Zambia). The town sits at the high altitude of 1,278 metres (4,193 ft) above sea level, and accordingly has a relatively cool climate. Between 1935 and 1939 it recorded one of the lowest temperatures in the history of the country, −1.5 °C (29.3 °F).[1]

The town is close to [Frontier copper mine](/source/Frontier_Mine,_Katanga), one of the largest in the country.[2]

On the other side of the DRC-[Zambian](/source/Zambia) border is the city of [Ndola](/source/Ndola) in [Copperbelt Province](/source/Copperbelt_Province).

## Transport

The city is served by the operating sections of the [Cape to Cairo Railway](/source/Cape_to_Cairo_Railway). It has a station on the railway between [Ndola](/source/Ndola) in the south and [Lubumbashi](/source/Lubumbashi) in the north-west.[3]

## See also

- [Transport in DRC](/source/Transport_in_DRC)

## References

1. Vandenplas, A. (1947), "[La Température au Congo-Belge](/source/La_Temp%C3%A9rature_au_Congo-Belge)", Brussels: [Ministère des Colonies](/source/Minist%C3%A8re_des_Colonies), p. 143.

1. ["Frontier Project"](http://www.24hgold.com/english/project.aspx?id=9034324E6680&moreparam=hlMore). *24hGold*. Retrieved 2011-11-04.

1. ["Lobito Corridor – progress update | News | IJGlobal"](https://www.ijglobal.com/articles/177000/lobito-corridor-progress-update). *www.ijglobal.com*. Retrieved 2024-05-29.

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