Английская Википедия:Cataractes District
Шаблон:Infobox settlement Cataractes District was a district located in the Kongo Central province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It dated back to the days of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo.
History
Article 3 of the decree of 16 April 1887 provided for the Congo Free State to be divided into administrative districts headed by district commissioners, assisted by one or more deputies. The decree of 1 August 1888 divided the Congo Free State into eleven districts, of which the first five were in the lower Congo region, including Cataractes District with its headquarters at Lukunga.Шаблон:Sfn
Cataractes District is shown on a map of the colony in 1897 as bordered by French possessions to the north and Portuguese possessions to the south. It lay between Matadi District to the west and Stanley Pool District to the east.Шаблон:Sfn Other maps show an extension of Kwango-Oriental District reaching the southeast of Cataractes District.Шаблон:Sfn In 1910 the districts of Banana, Boma, Matadi and Cataracts were consolidated into the Bas-Congo District.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1933 the original four provinces of the Belgian Congo were reorganized into six provinces, named after their capitals, and the central government assumed more control.Шаблон:Sfn Congo-Kasaï province was split, with the western part renamed Léopoldville Province. The number of districts was reduced to 15.Шаблон:Sfn Léopoldville Province contained the urban district of Léopoldville and the districts of Bas-Congo, Kwango and Lac Léopold II.Шаблон:Sfn Some of the districts were later divided up. A 1955-1957 map shows Cataractes District extending east from a greatly reduced Bas-Congo District and northeast along the Congo River past the urban district of Léopoldville up to Lac Léopold II District. It bordered Kwango District and Kwilu District to the east.Шаблон:Sfn The area was Шаблон:Convert out of a total of Шаблон:Convert for Léopoldville province as a whole.Шаблон:Sfn
Maps
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Districts of the Congo Free State in 1888. The small western districts were Banana, Boma, Matadi and Cataractes
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Districts of the Congo Free State in 1895.
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1910 districts
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1933 districts. The greater part of Bas Congo district later became Cataracts District.
See also
- Districts of the Congo Free State
- Districts of the Belgian Congo
- Districts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
References
Sources
Шаблон:Districts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
