Lulua District
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Lulua District ({{langx|fr|District de la Lulua}}) was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The city of Kananga (formerly known as Luluabourg) was at the center of the district, but had a separate administration.
In 2015 Lulua District became the province of Kasaï-Central.
Territories
The district was divided into five territories:
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History
In 1933 the original four provinces of the Belgian Congo were reorganized into six provinces, named after their capitals, and the central government assumed more control.{{sfn|Bruneau|2009|p=8}}
Congo-Kasaï province was split, with the eastern part renamed Lusambo Province.
The number of districts in the colony was reduced to 15.{{sfn|Lemarchand|1964|p=64}}
Lusambo Province contained the districts of Sankuru to the east and Kasai to the west.{{sfn|Atlas général du Congo}}
Lusambo Province was renamed Kasai Province in 1947 and some of the districts were divided up.
A 1955–1957 map shows that Sankuru District had been divided into a smaller Sankuru District to the north and a new Kabinda District to the south, while Kasai District had been divided into a smaller Kasai District to the west and a new Lulua district to the southeast.{{sfn|Brass|2015|p=243}}
Lulua District bordered Sankuru District to the north, Kabinda District to the east, Haut-Lomami District to the south, the Portuguese territories to the southwest and Kasai District to the west.{{sfn|Brass|2015|p=243}}
The area was {{convert|48100|km2}} out of a total of {{convert|323100|km2}} for Kasai province as a whole.{{sfn|Brass|2015|p=255}}
Luluabourg province was created in 1962 from the former Kasai Province. It was incorporated into Kasai-Occidental in 1966 under the Mobutu regime.
Presidents (from 1965, governors) of Luluabourg province were
- September 1962 - September 1963 François Luakabwanga (1st time)
- September 1963 - 25 September 1964 André Lubaya (d. 1968)
- 25 September 1964 - December 1965 François Luakabwanga (2nd time)
- January 1966 - 18 April 1966 Constantin Tshilumba
- 18 April 1966 - 25 April 1966 François Luakabwanga (3rd time)
Lulua was one of 25 new provinces specified in the country's Constitution (effective 18 February 2006).{{sfn|Constitution de la République...}}
Lulua District would be combined with the city of Kananga to form the new province, and Kananga would be the capital.{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/ucd.html | title = Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo | publisher = Statiods.com | access-date = 2012-01-24 | archive-date = 2012-02-05 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120205175352/http://www.statoids.com/ucd.html | url-status = live }}
This was completed in 2015, forming the new province of Kasaï-Central.{{sfn|RDC : le Kasaï-Occidental démembré}}
References
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Sources
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- {{citation |oclc=681334449 |language=fr, nl |publisher= Institut Royal Colonial Belge |location=Belgium |year= 1948–1963 |ref={{harvid|Atlas général du Congo}}
|title= Atlas général du Congo / Algemene atlas van Congo }}
- {{citation|last=Brass|first=William|title=Demography of Tropical Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iyvWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA243|accessdate=20 August 2020|date=8 December 2015|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-7714-0}}
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- {{citation|last=Lemarchand|first=René|title=Political Awakening in the Belgian Congo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qFI-Z5YUxigC&pg=PA63|accessdate=19 August 2020|year=1964|publisher=University of California Press|id=GGKEY:TQ2J84FWCXN|archive-date=21 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521142455/https://books.google.com/books?id=qFI-Z5YUxigC&pg=PA63#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}
- {{citation |url=https://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/mongala.pdf |accessdate=2020-08-18 |last=Omasombo Tshonda |first=Jean |title=Mongala : Jonction des territoires et bastion d'une identité supra-ethnique |publisher=Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale |year=2015 |isbn=978-9-4922-4416-1 |archive-date=2020-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026211816/https://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/mongala.pdf |url-status=live }}
- {{citation |ref={{harvid|RDC : le Kasaï-Occidental démembré}} |archivedate=13 August 2015 |url-status=live |language=fr |title=RDC : le Kasaï-Occidental démembré |url=https://www.radiookapi.net/actualite/2015/07/18/rdc-le-kasai-occidental-demembre |accessdate=2 June 2020 |work=Radio Okapi |date=18 July 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813105351/http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2015/07/18/rdc-le-kasai-occidental-demembre/ }}
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