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Kasaï was a province of the
Kasaï was a province of the Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo (, ; ) was a Belgian colonial empire, Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960 and became the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Repu ...
and the successor Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
The Republic of the Congo () was the period of the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1960 and 1971. Located in Central Africa, the state was created with the independence of the Belgian Congo in 1960. From 1960 to 1966, ...
.
Location
Kasaï was named after theKasai River
The Kasai River (, ; called Cassai in Angola) is a left bank tributary of the Congo River, located in Central Africa. The river begins in central Angola and flows to the east until it reaches the border between Angola and the Democratic Republ ...
, a major left tributary of the Congo River
The Congo River, formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third-largest river in the world list of rivers by discharge, by discharge volume, following the Amazon Ri ...
that provides access to the region.
By 1910 a factory of the Kasai Company had been established near Misumba, which had about two thousand inhabitants.
The company had made successful trial rubber plantations.
The company also bought rubber and ivory from the local people, some of whom used it to buy liquor from the Portuguese territory (Angola).
History
In 1914 the Belgian Congo was organized into four large provinces: Congo-Kasai, Équateur,Orientale Province
Orientale 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 changes between 1898 and 2015, when it was divided ...
and Katanga.
in 1933 they were reorganized into six provinces, named after their capitals, and the central government assumed more control.
Congo-Kasai was divided into the new provinces of Léopoldville
Kinshasa (; ; ), formerly named Léopoldville from 1881–1966 (), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa is one of the world's fastest-growing megacities, with an estimated population of 17 million ...
and Lusambo, named after the city of Lusambo
Lusambo () is the capital Cities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, city of Sankuru province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town lies north of the confluence of the Sankuru River and the Lubi River. Lusambo is served by Lusambo Airp ...
.
In 1947 Lusambo Province was renamed to Kasaï.
Kasaï became an autonomous province of the Congo republic on 30 June 1960.
On 14 August 1962 Kasaï was divided into five new provinces: Lomami Lomami may refer to:
* Lomami River, a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Lomami Province, a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Lomami Province (former), a former province of Zaire
{{Disambig ...
, Luluabourg, Sankuru
Sankuru is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Sankuru, Kasaï-Oriental, and Lomami provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Oriental province. Sankuru ...
, Sud-Kasaï
South Kasai () was an unrecognised secessionist state within the Republic of the Congo (the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) which was semi-independent between 1960 and 1962. Initially proposed as only a province, South Kasai soug ...
and Unité Kasaïenne
Kasaï-Occidental (French language, French for "Western Kasai"; ) was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Kasaï-Central and the Kasai Province, Kasaï provinces.
...
.
On 25 April 1966 Luluabourg and Unité Kasaïenne were united to form Kasaï-Occidental
Kasaï-Occidental ( French for "Western Kasai"; ) was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Kasaï-Central and the Kasaï provinces.
History
The province of Kasa� ...
, while Lomami, Sankuru, and Sud-Kasaï were united in the new province of Kasaï-Oriental
Kasaï-Oriental (French for "East Kasai") is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kasaï-Oriental, Lomami, and Sankuru provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former ...
.
See also
*List of governors of Kasaï (former province)
This list of governors of Kasaï includes governors or equivalent officeholders of the Congo-Kasaï/Kongo-Kasaï province established in the Belgian Congo in 1918.
On 1 October 1933 it was split into the Lusambo Province, Lusambo and Léopoldvi ...
* History of the Kasai region
Notes
Sources
* * * {{coord missing, Democratic Republic of the Congo Provinces of the Belgian Congo Former provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (pre-1966)