Kasaï (former province)
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Kasaï was a province of the Belgian Congo and the successor Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
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Location
Kasaï was named after the Kasai River, a major left tributary of the Congo River that provides access to the region. By 1910 a factory of the Kasai Company had been established near Misumba, which had about two thousand inhabitants.[1] The company had made successful trial rubber plantations.[2] The company also bought rubber and ivory from the local people, some of whom used it to buy liquor from the Portuguese territory (Angola).[3]
History
In 1914 the Belgian Congo was organized into four large provinces: Congo-Kasai, Équateur, Orientale Province and Katanga.[4] in 1933 they were reorganized into six provinces, named after their capitals, and the central government assumed more control. Congo-Kasai was divided into the new provinces of Léopoldville and Lusambo, named after the city of Lusambo. In 1947 Lusambo Province was renamed to Kasaï.[5]
Kasaï became an autonomous province of the Congo republic on 30 June 1960.[6] On 14 August 1962 Kasaï was divided into five new provinces: Lomami, Luluabourg, Sankuru, Sud-Kasaï and Unité Kasaïenne. On 25 April 1966 Luluabourg and Unité Kasaïenne were united to form Kasaï-Occidental, while Lomami, Sankuru, and Sud-Kasaï were united in the new province of Kasaï-Oriental.[6]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Torday 1910, p. 33.
- ↑ Torday 1910, p. 45.
- ↑ Torday 1910, p. 51.
- ↑ Bruneau 2009, p. 7.
- ↑ Bruneau 2009, p. 8.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces.
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