Stanleyville District (french: District de Stanleyville, nl, District Stanleystad) 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
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 went through various changes in extent. Between 1933 and 1963 it had roughly the same extent as the current
Tshopo province.
Congo Free State
An 1897 map of the
Congo Free State
''(Work and Progress)
, national_anthem = Vers l'avenir
, capital = Vivi Boma
, currency = Congo Free State franc
, religion = Catholicism (''de facto'')
, leader1 = Leopo ...
showed the huge
Stanley Falls District
Stanley Falls District (french: District des Stanley Falls, nl, District Stanley Falls) was a district of the Congo Free State. It covered most of the eastern part of the colony along the Congo River south from Stanleyville (present-day Kisangani ...
where the later Stanleyville and Katanga districts would be created.
A 1910 map of the Belgian Congo shows the Stanleyville District along the northeastern border of the colony, with
Uele District to the north,
Aruwimi District
Aruwimi District (french: District de l'Aruwimi, nl, District Aruwimi) was a district of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo. It went through various changes in extent before being absorbed into other districts.
Congo Free State
Article 3 of ...
and
Kasai District
Kasai District (french: District du Kasai, nl, District Kasai) was a district of the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, named after the Kasai River. It was formed around 1885 and went through several large c ...
to the west and
Katanga District to the south. It covers the region of the Congo River basin upstream from
Stanleyville down to the northern border of Katanga, as well as most of the course of the
Aruwimi River
The Aruwimi River is a tributary of the Congo River, located to the north and east of the Congo.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, Vol. One , Vol. Two
The Aruwimi begins as the Ituri River, which rises near Lake ...
.
Belgian Congo
A 1914 map shows the district had been broken into a much smaller Stanleyville District and new
Lowa,
Maniema,
Kivu
Kivu was the name for a large "region" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko that bordered Lake Kivu. It included three "Sub-Regions" ("Sous-Régions" in French): Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu and Maniema, correspondin ...
and
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 was ...
districts.
These districts as well as
Bas Uele,
Haut Uele and Aruwimi constituted 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 1914.
A map of the colony after the 1933 reorganization into six provinces shows that Stanleyville district was now part of
Stanleyville Province, which also contained the reconstituted Uele District and
Kibali-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 ...
.
Stanleyville District had absorbed
Aruwimi District
Aruwimi District (french: District de l'Aruwimi, nl, District Aruwimi) was a district of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo. It went through various changes in extent before being absorbed into other districts.
Congo Free State
Article 3 of ...
but had lost some territory to Kivu District.
Stanleyville Province was renamed Orientale/Oost Province in 1947.
A 1955–1957 map shows Stanleyville District bordered by
Mongala District and
Bas-Uele District to the north,
Haut-Uele District
Haut-Uele District (french: District du Haut-Uele, nl, District Boven-Uele) was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formed from part of Uele District in 1912. It roughly corresponded in area to the pres ...
to the northeast,
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 ...
and
Nord-Kivu District
Nord-Kivu District (french: District du Nord-Kivu, nl, District Noord-Kivu) was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It roughly corresponded in area to the present North Kivu province.
Belgian Congo
Kivu Dist ...
to the east,
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 ...
to the south 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 to ...
to the west.
The area was out of a total of for Orientale province as a whole.
Post-independence
Orientale Province was broken up in 1963 into
Kibali-Ituri,
Uélé and
Haut-Congo
Haut-Congo Province was a province of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It was formed in April 1962 from part of the Orientale Province.
In 1966 it was merged back into the reconstituted Orientale ...
provinces.
Haut-Congo corresponded to the former Stanleyville District.
Orientale Province was reconstituted in 1966. It was renamed Haut-Zaïre Province from 1971–1997, then returned to the name of Orientale Province from 1997 to 2015.
In 2015 Orientale Province was broken into the provinces of
Bas-Uélé,
Haut-Uélé,
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 was ...
and
Tshopo.
Tshopo roughly corresponds to Haut-Congo Province and to Stanleyville District as it was between 1933 and 1963.
Maps
File:1910 provinces Belgian Congo cropped from 1950 administration map Atlas General du Congo 611.jpg, 1910 provinces and districts
File:Mapcongo1914.jpg, 1914 districts
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
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 bounda ...
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