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===Official blazon=== | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms above are used since October, 1966, after the initial name of the city (Elisabethville) was replaced by that of Lubumbashi. It is identical to that granted by the Belgian colonial administration in 1954, only the crowned " E " having been replaced by the Lubumbashi " L ". | The arms above are used since October, 1966, after the initial name of the city (Elisabethville) was replaced by that of Lubumbashi. It is identical to that granted by the Belgian colonial administration in 1954, only the crowned " E " having been replaced by the Lubumbashi " L ". | ||
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[[File:elisabethville.jpg|center]] | [[File:elisabethville.jpg|center]] | ||
The crosslets of [[Katanga]] evokes the copper mining wealth of Katanga, in which the city is situated. <br/> In the same order of ideas, the chevron gueles could symbolize a casting of ores, unless it evokes the extraction of ores, as the motto which means " depths towards summits " could suggest it. | The crosslets of [[Katanga State|Katanga]] evokes the copper mining wealth of Katanga, in which the city is situated. <br/> In the same order of ideas, the chevron gueles could symbolize a casting of ores, unless it evokes the extraction of ores, as the motto which means " depths towards summits " could suggest it. | ||
The crowned " E "constitutes course a mark of honoring to Queen Elisabeth. | The crowned " E "constitutes course a mark of honoring to Queen Elisabeth. | ||
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[[Literature]] : Pierloz Patrick : « L'héraldique civique du Congo belge (1908 - 1960) » (" Civic Heraldry of Belgian Congo (on 1908 - 1960 ) , in " Kisugulu ", N 75, in March, 2001. | [[Literature]] : Pierloz Patrick : « L'héraldique civique du Congo belge (1908 - 1960) » (" Civic Heraldry of Belgian Congo (on 1908 - 1960 ) , in " Kisugulu ", N 75, in March, 2001. | ||
[[Category:Congo Municipalities]] | |||
[[Category:Congo]] | [[Category:Congo]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1954]] | [[Category:Granted 1954]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1966]] | [[Category:Granted 1966]] | ||