Shinkolobwe
Congo - Kinshasa
Shinkolobwe, a settlement in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is known primarily as the site of a uranium and radium mine whose ore supplied the Manhattan Project — including the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945. Before World War II, uranium processed here was shipped to Belgium; that stockpile was seized by Germany in 1940 and used in its ultimately unsuccessful nuclear programme. The mine was officially closed in 2004.
- Nearest water from center 4.0 km2.5 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 49 km31 mi
Nearest airports
Climate · monthly averages
J
20°67°
325mm12.9in
F
20°68°
275mm10.8in
M
20°68°
255mm10.0in
A
20°68°
70mm2.8in
M
20°68°
5mm0.2in
J
19°65°
0mm0.0in
J
18°65°
0mm0.0in
A
21°69°
0mm0.0in
S
23°74°
5mm0.3in
O
24°74°
60mm2.3in
N
21°70°
205mm8.0in
D
20°68°
295mm11.7in
Avg temp · total precipitation, 1991–2020 monthly normals · ERA5-Land · methodology ↗