Tanganika-Moero District (french: District du Tanganika-Moero, nl, District Tanganika-Moero) 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 ...
from 1912 to 1933, when it was dissolved.
It roughly corresponded to the present
Tanganyika Province
Tanganyika is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Tanganyika, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami and Lualaba provinces are the result of the splitting up of the former Katanga provinc ...
and the northern part of
Haut-Katanga Province
Haut-Katanga (French for "Upper Katanga") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba, and Tanganyika provinces are the result of the dismemberm ...
.
Location
Parts of the Stanley Falls and Lualaba districts were combined to form
Katanga in 1910, which was called a vice-government general.
An ''arrêté royal'' of 28 March 1912 divided the Congo into 22 districts.
A map of the colony after this division shows Tanganika-Moero District bordered by British territories and
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. ...
to the east,
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
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 , ...
districts to the north,
Lomami Lomami may refer to:
* Lomami River, a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Lomami Province
Lomami is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Lomami, Kasaï-Oriental, ...
and
Lulua districts to the west and
Haut-Luapula District
Haut-Luapula District (french: District du Haut-Luapula, nl, District Boven Luapula) was a district of the Belgian Congo from 1912 to 1933, when it was dissolved.
It roughly corresponded to the southern part of the present Haut-Katanga Province.
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to the south.
The district was named after
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. ...
and
Lake Mweru
Lake Mweru (also spelled ''Mwelu'', ''Mwero'') is a freshwater lake on the longest arm of Africa's second-longest river, the Congo. Located on the border between Zambia and Democratic Republic of the Congo, it makes up of the total length of th ...
, which bordered the district to the east and south respectively.
Katanga become a vice-government in 1913.
It contained the districts of Lomami, Tanganika-Moero, Lulua and Haut-Luapula.
In 1933 the provinces were reorganized into six provinces, named after their capitals, and the central government assumed more control.
Katanga became
Elisabethville Province
Katanga was one of the four large provinces created in the Belgian Congo in 1914.
It was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Tanganyika, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba, ...
.
The number of districts in the colony was reduced to 15, with 102 territories.
The northern part of Tanganika-Moero became
Tanganika District
Tanganika District was a district of the pre-2015 Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The district dates back to the days of the Belgian Congo.
At its greatest extent it roughly corresponded to the present Tanganyika Provi ...
, while the southern part was absorbed by
Haut-Katanga District
Haut-Katanga District (Upper Katanga District) is a former district located in the former Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The copper mining centers of Lubumbashi and Likasi were surrounded by the district but were admin ...
.
On 11 July 1960, a few days after the Congo Republic had gained independence, the province of Katanga seceded as an independent state.
In November 1961 the northern portion was reconquered by the national government and made the province of Nord-Katanga.
On 21 January 1963 the remainder of Katanga was reconquered and divided into the provinces of Lualaba and
Katanga Oriental
Haut-Katanga District (Upper Katanga District) is a former district located in the former Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The copper mining centers of Lubumbashi and Likasi were surrounded by the district but were admin ...
.
Nord-Katanga, Lualaba and Katanga Oriental were merged back into the province of Katanga on 28 December 1966.
In 2015 Tanganyika Province was formed from the Tanganyika district, whose town of
Kalemie
Kalemie, formerly Albertville or Albertstad, is a town on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town is next to the outflow of the Lukuga River from Lake Tanganyika to the Lualaba River.
History
From 18 ...
was elevated to capital city of the new province.
Maps
File:1910 provinces Belgian Congo cropped from 1950 administration map Atlas General du Congo 611.jpg, 1910 districts after formation of Katanga in the southeast
File:1912 provinces Belgian Congo cropped from 1950 administration map Atlas General du Congo 611.jpg, 1912 districts including Tanganika-Moero in the northeast of Katanga
File:1933 provinces Belgian Congo cropped from 1950 administration map Atlas General du Congo 611.jpg, 1933 provinces and districts after Haut-Luapula was dissolved
File:Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 provinces) - Tanganyika.svg, The present Tanganyika Province
File:Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 provinces) - Haut-Katanga.svg , The present Haut-Katanga 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 ...
References
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