Nord-Kivu District (french: District du Nord-Kivu, nl, District Noord-Kivu) 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. Colo ...

and 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 ...

. It roughly corresponded in area to the present

North Kivu North Kivu (french: link=no, Nord-Kivu) is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Goma. North Kivu borders the provinces of Ituri to the north, Tshopo to the northwest, Maniema to the so ...

province.

Belgian Congo

Kivu District Kivu District (french: District du Kivu, nl, District Kivu) was a district of the Belgian Congo. It was formed from part of Stanleyville District in 1914. Location Kivu District was named after Lake Kivu, on the border between the Belgian and Ge ...

was created by an ''arrêté royal'' of 28 March 1912, which divided the Congo into 22 districts. A 1912 map shows that the former

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 ...

had been broken into a much smaller Stanleyville Districts and the new districts of Lowa,

Ituri Ituri is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Ituri, Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Orientale province. Ituri wa ...

, Kivu and

Maniema Maniema is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Kindu. Toponymy Henry Morton Stanley explored the area, calling it Manyema.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, Vol. One , ...

. Kivu District became part of the

Orientale Province Orientale Province ( French: ''Province orientale'', "Eastern province") is one of the former provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its predecessors the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo. It went through a series of boundary ...

created in 1913. With the 1933 reorganization Orientale Province was divided into

Stanleyville Province Stanleyville may refer to: United States * Stanleyville, North Carolina * Stanleyville, Ohio, an unincorporated community Elsewhere * Stanleyville, Belgian Congo, the former name for Kisangani Kisangani (formerly Stanleyville or Stanle ...

in the north and

Costermansville Province Bukavu is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), lying at the extreme south-western edge of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda, and separated from it by the outlet of the Ruzizi River. It is the capital of the South Kivu p ...

in the south. The boundaries of Maniema and Kivu had been adjusted, and these two districts made up Costermansville Province. On 27 May 1947 Costermansville Province was renamed Kivu Province. By 1954 it consisted of the districts of

Sud-Kivu South Kivu (''Jimbo la Kivu Kusini'' in Swahili), (french: Sud-Kivu) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Bukavu. History South Kivu Province was created from Sud-Kivu District in 1989, when the exis ...

, Nord-Kivu and Maniema. A 1955–1957 map shows Nord-Kivu District bordered by

Ituri District Ituri District (french: District de l'Ituri, nl, District Iruri), later Kibali-Ituri District, was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It roughly corresponded in area to the present Ituri Province. Belgian Co ...

to the north, Uganda and Rwanda-Burundi to the east,

Sud-Kivu District Sud-Kivu District (french: District du Sud-Kivu, nl, District Zuid-Kivu) was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It roughly corresponded in area to the present South Kivu province. Belgian Congo Kivu Distri ...

to the south and

Maniema District Maniema District (french: District du Maniema, nl, District Maniema) was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It roughly corresponded in area to the present Maniema province. Location Henry Morton Stanley ex ...

and

to the west. The area was out of a total of for Kivu province as a whole.

Post-Independence

On 10 May 1962 the administration of Kivu Province was taken over by the central government, which created the separate provinces of Maniema and Nord-Kivu. Kivu Province was reunited on 28 December 1966. On 20 July 1988 it was divided into the provinces of

and

South Kivu South Kivu (''Jimbo la Kivu Kusini'' in Swahili), (french: Sud-Kivu) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Bukavu. History South Kivu Province was created from Sud-Kivu District in 1989, when the exis ...

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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) - Nord-Kivu.svg, The present North Kivu Province

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