Kwilu District | |
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District | |
 Kwilu district of Bandundu province (2014) | |
| Coordinates: 5°02′00″S18°49′00″E / 5.033333°S 18.816667°E Coordinates: 5°02′00″S18°49′00″E / 5.033333°S 18.816667°E | |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Province | Bandundu |
| District | Kwilu |
Kwilu District (French : District du Kwilu, Dutch : District KwangoKwilu) was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It roughly corresponded to the present province of Kwilu.
The Free State was annexed by Belgium in 1908 as the Belgian Congo. In 1933 the original four provinces were reorganized into six provinces, named after their capitals, and the central government assumed more control. [1] The Congo-Kasaï province was split into Léopoldville and Lusambo (Kasai). The number of districts was reduced to 15. [2] A map of the districts in 1933 shows Kwango District in Léopoldville Province. It is bordered by Portuguese possessions to the south, Bas-Congo District to the west, Lac Léopold II District to the north and Kasai District to the east. [3]
By 1954 Kwango District had been split into a smaller Kwango District in the south and Kwilu District in the north. [4] Kwilu was bordered by Lac Leopold II District to the north, Kasai District to the east and Kwango District to the south and west. It covered essentially the same territory as the present Kwilu Province. [5] The area was 78,400 square kilometres (30,300 sq mi) out of a total of 357,700 square kilometres (138,100 sq mi) for Leopoldville province as a whole. [6]
Léopoldville Province was divided in 1963–1966 into the provinces of Congo Central, Kwilu, Kwango, and Mai-Ndombe. Bandundu Province was formed in 1966 by merging Kwilu, Kwango and Mai-Ndombe. [7] As of 2008 Kwilu District contained the territories of Bagata, Bulungu, Masi-Manimba, Gungu and Idiofa. [8] Bandundu Province was broken up into provinces formed from its districts in 2015. [7] Kwilu Province was formed from the Kwilu district and the independently administered cities of Bandundu and Kikwit. Bandundu retained its status as a provincial capital. [9]
Bandundu is one of eleven former provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It bordered the provinces of Kinshasa and Bas-Congo to the west, Équateur to the north, and Kasai-Occidental to the east. The provincial capital is also called Bandundu.
Bandundu, formerly known as Banningville or Banningstad, is the capital city of Kwilu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Lulua District was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city of Kananga was at the center of the district, but had a separate administration. In 2015 Lulua District became the province of Kasaï-Central.
Équateur District was a former district of the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 1914 it became part of former Équateur Province. The district went through various changes of extent and name over the years. The original district roughly corresponds to the current provinces of Équateur and Tshuapa.
Cataractes District was a district located in the Kongo Central province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It dated back to the days of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo.
Kwango is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It's one of the 21 provinces created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Bandundu province. Kwango was formed from the Kwango district whose town of Kenge was elevated to capital city of the province.
Kwilu is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It's one of the 21 provinces created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kwilu, Kwango, and Mai-Ndombe provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Bandundu province. Kwilu was formed from the Kwilu district and the independently administered cities of Bandundu and Kikwit. Bandundu is the provincial capital.
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Mongala District was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It went through various changes in extent. It covered roughly the same area as the present Mongala province and most of Nord-Ubangi province.
Congo-Kasaï was one of the four large provinces of the Belgian Congo defined in 1914. It was formally established in 1919, and in 1933 was divided into the new provinces of Léopoldville and Lusambo.
The Districts of the Belgian Congo were the primary administrative divisions when Belgium annexed the Congo Free State in 1908, each administered by a district commissioner. In 1914 they were distributed among four large provinces, with some boundary changes. In 1933 the provinces were restructured into six, again with boundary changes. The number of districts fluctuated between 12 and 26 through splits and consolidations, first rising, then falling, then rising again.
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