Ekwangatana is the location of a post established by Belgian officers in what is now
Bas-Uélé province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Location
Ekwangatana is near the present settlement of
Djamba where the
Rubi River
The Rubi River (french: Rivière Rubi) is a left tributary of the Itimbiri River, which forms where the Rubi joins the Likati River. Course
The Rubi River originates in the southeast of the Bas-Uélé
Bas-Uélé (French for "Lower Uélé") is ...
and
Likati River
Likati River is a river of northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a tributary of the Itimbiri River.
It flows through Aketi Territory in Bas-Uele District.
It was referenced in Congo Shadows by John B. Franz.
At Libongo, northwest of the tow ...
converge to form the
Itimbiri River
The Itimbiri River is a right tributary of the Congo River, which it joins above Bumba. At one time it was important as a navigable waterway for transporting good from the northeast of the country down to the Congo.
Course
The Itimbiri River or ...
.
It is at an elevation of .
History
Ekwangatana was founded as a government post in May 1890 by
Léon Roget
Léon Roget (21 June 1858 – 4 February 1909) was a Belgian soldier and colonial administrator who was active in the Congo Free State.
He was the first commander of the ''Force Publique'', the armed force used to police the colony.
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Earl ...
and
Jules Milz, who entrusted it to an African officer.
The Belgian limited company
Société Commerciale et Minière de l´Uelé (COMUELE) was created in June 1919 as a joint venture between the
Société commerciale et Minière du Congo
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Lactalis is the largest dairy products group in ...
(Cominière) and the English
Lever Brothers
Lever Brothers was a British manufacturing company founded in 1885 by two brothers: William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925), and James Darcy Lever (1854–1916). They invested in and successfully promoted a new soap-making p ...
.
In 1926 it established the Ekwangatana coffee plantations.
A station was set up in Ekwangatana for a magnetic survey of the Belgian Congo in 1936–1937.
It was on the left bank of the Itimbiri (Rubi), in front of the workers' camp of the Comuele Ekwangatana plantation, in a small clearing in the forest about 250 meters south-southwest of the coffee pulping plant.
This survey gave an altitude of .
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Populated places in Bas-Uélé