Английская Википедия:Haut-Luapula District
Шаблон:Infobox settlement Haut-Luapula District (Шаблон:Lang-fr, Шаблон:Lang-nl) 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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Parts of the Stanley Falls and Lualaba districts were combined to form Katanga in 1910, which was called a vice-government general.Шаблон:Sfn An arrêté royal of 28 March 1912 divided the Congo into 22 districts.Шаблон:Sfn A map of the colony after this division shows Haut-Luapula District in the extreme southeast of the province, bordered by British possessions to the south and east. It was bordered by Tanganika-Moero District to the north and Lulua District to the west.Шаблон:Sfn The district was named after the Lualaba River, whose upper reaches flowed northward through the district.
Katanga become a vice-government in 1913.Шаблон:Sfn It contained the districts of Lomami, Tanganika-Moero, Lulua and Haut-Luapula.Шаблон:Sfn In 1933 the provinces were reorganized into six provinces, named after their capitals, and the central government assumed more control.Шаблон:Sfn Katanga became Elisabethville Province. The number of districts in the colony was reduced to 15, with 102 territories.Шаблон:Sfn Haut-Luapula was divided between Haut-Katanga District in the east and Lualaba District in the west.Шаблон:Sfn
On 11 July 1960, a few days after the Congo Republic had gained independence, the province of Katanga seceded as an independent state.Шаблон:Sfn 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.Шаблон:Sfn Katanga Oriental corresponded to the Haut-Katanga District. Nord-Katanga, Lualaba and Katanga Oriental were merged back into the province of Katanga on 28 December 1966. Шаблон:Sfn In 2015 Haut-Katanga Province was formed from the Haut-Katanga District and the independently administered cities of Likasi and Lubumbashi. Lubumbashi retained its status as a provincial capital.Шаблон:Sfn
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1910 districts after formation of Katanga in the southeast
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1912 districts including Haut-Luapula in the extreme southeast
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1933 provinces and districts after Haut-Luapula was dissolved
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The present Haut-Katanga Province
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