Congo-Ubangi District (french: District du Congo-Ubangi, nl, District Congo-Ubangi), was a district of the
Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo (french: Congo belge, ; nl, Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964.
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created in 1933 in the
Coquilhatville Province. It had been dissolved by 1954.
Location
The original four provinces of the Belgian Congo had considerable autonomy, but in 1933 they were reorganized into six provinces, named after their capitals, and the central government assumed more control.
Équateur Province was renamed Coquilhatville Province after the capital city of
Coquilhatville
Mbandaka (, formerly known as Coquilhatville in French, or Coquilhatstad in Dutch) is a city on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo located near the confluence of the Congo and Ruki rivers. It is the capital of Équateur Province ...
.
A map of the 1933 administrative divisions shows
Bangala District and
Ubangi District had been merged to form Congo-Ubangi District, named after the
Congo River
The Congo River ( kg, Nzâdi Kôngo, french: Fleuve Congo, pt, Rio Congo), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharge ...
, which flowed through the south of the district and the
Ubangi River
The Ubangi River (), also spelled Oubangui, is the largest right-bank tributary of the Congo River in the region of Central Africa. It begins at the confluence of the Mbomou (mean annual discharge 1,350 m3/s) and Uele Rivers (mean annual discharge ...
along its north west boundary.
Congo-Ubangi District faced French territories across the Ubangi River.
It adjoined
Uele District
Uele District (french: District de l'Uele, nl, District Uele) was a district of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo.
It roughly corresponded to the current provinces of Bas-Uélé and Haut-Uélé.
Landscape
The Uele District, shown as the ...
to the east,
Stanleyville District
Stanleyville District (french: District de Stanleyville, nl, District Stanleystad) was a district of the Belgian Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. It went through various changes in extent. Between 1933 and 1963 it had roughly the same e ...
to the southeast, and
Tshuapa District
Tshuapa District (french: District de la Tshuapa, nl, District Tshuapa), was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in 1933 in the Coquilhatville Province. At its greatest extent it roughly corresponded t ...
to the south.
Coquilhatville Province was renamed Équateur Province in 1947. By 1954 it had again been divided into
Equateur,
Tshuapa
Tshuapa is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Tshuapa, Équateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, and Sud-Ubangi provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équate ...
,
Mongala
Mongala is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Mongala, Équateur, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur ...
,
Ubangi.
Mongala and Ubangi roughly corresponded to the former Bangala and Ubangi districts that made up Congo-Ubangi District.
Today the region is divided into the
Mongala
Mongala is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Mongala, Équateur, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur ...
,
Nord-Ubangi
Nord-Ubangi (French for "North Ubangi") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Nord-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismemb ...
and
Sud-Ubangi
Sud-Ubangi (French for "South Ubangi") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. It lies in the northwest of the country on the Ubangi River.
Sud-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, No ...
provinces.
Maps
File:1926 provinces Belgian Congo cropped from 1950 administration map Atlas General du Congo 611.jpg, 1926 provinces and districts
File:1933 provinces Belgian Congo cropped from 1950 administration map Atlas General du Congo 611.jpg, 1933 provinces and districts
File:Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 provinces) - Mongala.svg, Mongala province
File:Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 provinces) - Sud-Ubangi.svg, Sud-Ubangi province
File:Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 provinces) - Nord-Ubangi.svg, Nord-Ubangi province
See also
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Districts of the Belgian Congo
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 bound ...
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Districts of the Belgian Congo
Districts of Équateur (former province)