Kongo Central
Kongo Central ( kg, Kongo dia Kati ), formerly Bas-Congo is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Its capital is Matadi.
History
At the time of independence, the area now encompassing Kongo Central was part of the ...
province of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
Territory
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In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...
within
Cataractes District
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.
History
Article 3 of the decree of 16 April 1887 provided ...
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As of 2012 the town's population was estimated to be 13,855.
History
The station of Luozi was established in 1885 by the Belgian colonial authorities at the point where the Luozi River flows into the Congo. The first colonial administrator was Albert Van Duerne, who laid out the boundaries of the chiefdoms in the territory and ordered that small villages be consolidated into larger ones.
A chapel was built at Luozi by missionaries between 1903 and 1906.
The chapel and the administrative buildings were burned down in 1909 in violence that followed an outbreak of smallpox and sleeping sickness, for which the whites were blamed.
A military station was established at Luozi.
A trading post was opened in 1927 by the Compagnie Belge du Commerce and an airstrip was built, with the first flight landing in December 1928.
In February 1933 Luozi was made capital of the Manianga Territory, and in 1949 capital of Luozi Territory.
In 1949 a hospital was opened, with wards for men and women, an operating room, administrative building and staff quarters.
The same year, a paved road was opened linking Luozi to Matadi and Boma.
Today
The city of Luozi today has a number of churches, and these sponsor primary, secondary and vocational schools.
The city is home to the Free University of Luozi and other higher educational institutions.Google Maps - Luozi /ref>