circle. The center of the city contains administrative offices, dozens of guesthouses and hotels, banks and restaurants. Mutoshi Technical Institute is located on the eastern edge of the city. Kolwezi has several medical clinics and hospitals along with dozens of primary and secondary schools. Dilala Is an upscale neighborhood located in the center of Kolwezi. The area is home to several foreign workers and a number of guest houses. Manika Stadium is located in the Dilala neighborhood. Kolwezi's Central Train Station is located on the eastern edge of the neighborhood with train service to Likasi and Lubumbashi. Economy Kolwezi is an important mining centre for copper and cobalt. There are also uranium, radium, oxide ores, and lime deposits. The Musonoi mine is a set of open-cut pits near Kolwezi from which copper and other metals have been extracted since the 1940s. The nearby Lake Nzilo was created by damming the Lualaba River to provide a source of hydroelectric power and a reservoir of water for the mining activities. Kolwezi and its cobalt mining economy was profiled in the May 24, 2021 edition of The New Yorker by writer Nicolas Niarchos. The acute financial and environmental impacts on the city and its economy were highlighted in the article. The rapid growth of the cobalt mining industry has caused a recent surge in the city's population. Climate Kolwezi has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa). The city has a dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Cwa, according to the Köppen climate classification), with warm rainy summers and pleasant, dry winters, with most rainfall occurring during summer and early autumn. Annual average rainfall is 45.8 inches. Transportation Road The city is crossed by Transafrican Highway 9 (TAH 9), which connects it to the cities of Lubumbashi and Dilolo. Rail The city of Kolwezi has one of the main railway stations in Congo, from where mineral loads and passengers board every day. The station receives trains from the Benguela railway. Air The Kolwezi Airport serves Kolwezi and the surrounding area. The airport is located about south of Kolwezi. See also University of Kolwezi Shaba I Shaba II Angolan Civil War References External links "The French Foreign Legion in Kolwezi"(Broken Promise) By Roger Rousseau aux Editions Rexy Populated places in Lualaba Province Uranium mines Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1938 establishments in the Belgian Congo Districts of Katanga Province