Lomami District (French: District du Lomami, Dutch: District Lomami) was a district of the Belgian Congo from 1912 to 1933, when it was dissolved.
It covered very roughly the same area as the present Lomami Province and the northwest of Haut-Lomami Province.
Location
Parts of the Stanley Falls and Lualaba districts were combined to form Katanga in 1910, which was called a vice-government general.[1]
An arrêté royal of 28 March 1912 divided the Congo into 22 districts.[2]
A map of the colony after this division shows Lomami District bordering [[Maniema District to the northeast, Tanganika-Moero District to the east, Lulua District to the south, Kasai District to the west and Sankuru District to the northwest.[3]
The district was named after the Lomami River, whose upper reaches flowed northward through the district.
Katanga become a vice-government in 1913.[4]
It contained the districts of Lomami, Tanganika-Moero, Lulua and Haut-Luapula.[3]
In 1933 the provinces were reorganized into six provinces, named after their capitals, and the central government assumed more control.[5]
Katanga became Elisabethville Province.
The number of districts was reduced to 15, with 102 territories.[4]
Lomami was divided among Sankuru District, Lualaba District and Tanganika District.[3]
In 2015 Lomami Province was formed from the Kabinda district and the independently administered city of Mwene-Ditu. The town of Kabinda was elevated to capital city of the new province.
Haut-Lomami was formed from the Haut-Lomami district, whose town of Kamina was elevated to capital city of the new province.[6]
Maps
1910 districts after formation of Katanga in the southeast
1912 districts including Lomami
1933 provinces and districts after Lomami was dissolved
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