Kasaï-Oriental
Kasaï-Oriental
Province du Kasaï Oriental (French) | |
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 View of the Sankuru River | |
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Tshiluba | |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (CAT) |
| License Plate Code |  CGO / 09 |
Kasaï-Oriental (French for "East Kasai") is one of the 21 new
The new province's territory corresponds to most of the historic
History
Kasai-Oriental is inhabited by members of the Luba tribe.
Congo obtained independence from Belgium in 1960. Friction with Congo's other ethnic groups and encouragement by Belgian corporations hoping to keep their mining concessions led to the secession of the province of South Kasai as a separate state headed by Albert Kalonji.
After being repulsed, the Congo occupied the province in September 1961. Several thousand people were killed during the "pacification" of South Kasai, which lasted through the spring of 1962.
The population of Mbuji-Mayi grew rapidly with the immigration of Luba people from other parts of the country.
Diamond mining
The region in which Mbuji-Mayi is situated annually produces one-tenth in weight of the world's industrial diamonds, with mining managed by the Société Minière de Bakwanga. This is the largest accumulation of diamonds in the world, more concentrated than those at Kimberley, South Africa. Mbuji-Mayi handles most of the industrial diamonds produced in the Congo.
Political divisions
The province consists of the following five territories:
Languages
See also
- Kasai region
- List of governors of Kasaï Oriental Province
References
- ^ Kalcind, Marc Valentin (23 June 2022). "Kasaï oriental: remise et reprise au gouvernorat de province, Jeannette Longa Musuamba cède son fauteuil à Patrick Mathias Kabeya". Coulisses.net (in French). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "RDC : le Kasaï-Oriental éclate en trois nouvelles provinces". Radio Okapi (in French). 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 18 July 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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