Lomami District | |
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  Lomami District | |
| Coordinates: 6°08′00″S24°29′00″E / 6.133333°S 24.483333°E | |
| Country | Belgian Congo |
| Province | Katanga |
| District | Lomami |
Lomami District (French : District du Lomami, Dutch : District Lomami) was a district of the Belgian Congo from 1912 to 1933, when it was dissolved. It covered very roughly the same area as the present Lomami Province and the northwest of Haut-Lomami Province.
Parts of the Stanley Falls and Lualaba districts were combined to form Katanga in 1910, which was called a vice-government general. [1] An arrêté royal of 28 March 1912 divided the Congo into 22 districts. [2] A map of the colony after this division shows Lomami District bordering Maniema District to the northeast, Tanganika-Moero District to the east, Lulua District to the south, Kasai District to the west and Sankuru District to the northwest. [3] The district was named after the Lomami River, whose upper reaches flowed northward through the district.
Katanga become a vice-government in 1913. [4] It contained the districts of Lomami, Tanganika-Moero, Lulua and Haut-Luapula. [3] In 1933 the provinces were reorganized into six provinces, named after their capitals, and the central government assumed more control. [5] Katanga became Elisabethville Province. The number of districts was reduced to 15, with 102 territories. [4] Lomami was divided among Sankuru District, Lualaba District and Tanganika District. [3]
In 2015 Lomami Province was formed from the Kabinda district and the independently administered city of Mwene-Ditu. The town of Kabinda was elevated to capital city of the new province. Haut-Lomami was formed from the Haut-Lomami district, whose town of Kamina was elevated to capital city of the new province. [6]
