A decree of 3 September 1886 by the Congo Free State administrator general Camille Janssen defined nine districts in the colony, each headed by a district commissioner, including Lubuku-Kassaï District. A 1955–1957 map shows Kasai District bordering Tshuapa District to the north, Sankuru District and Lulua District to the east, Portuguese territory to the south, and Kwango District, Kwilu District and Lac Léopold II District to the west. Kasaï is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. It is now the capital of Kasaï Province. The decree of 1 August 1888 divided the Congo Free State into eleven districts, in including the Kasai District with headquarters at Luluabourg. Il faut aussi signaler la présence de banbindji au nord dans le secteur de Bambaïe. On 14 August 1962 Kasaï Province was divided into five new provinces: Lomami, Luluabourg, Sankuru, Sud-Kasaï and Unité Kasaïenne. [6], Lusambo was renamed Kasai Province on 27 May 1947. Il est déchu de son poste en novembre 2017 en raison de sa mauvaise gestion et de détournements présumés de fonds[3]. [6] [2], A map of the Congo Free State drawn in 1897 shows Lualaba Kassai District extending eastward from Stanley Pool District along the Kasai River, then broadening out and stretching down to the southern boundary of the Congo Free State. [3] Deux types de sol caractérisent la province du Kasaï Central : sol argilo-sablonneux qui domine tout le territoire de Luiza et le secteur de Tshishilu, en territoire de Dibaya. It is now the capital of Kasaï Province. 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. For the much larger pre-1963 province, see, Province in Democratic Republic of the Congo, provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, "Kasaï : Dieudonné Pieme Tutokot Prend Le Baton De Commandement", Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kasaï_Province&oldid=975551380, Democratic Republic of the Congo geography stubs, Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 August 2020, at 04:46. Province du Kasaï; Code INS Subdivision Chef-lieu Superficie (km²) Population Ville de Tshikapa: Tshikapa: 382: 587 548 9031: Territoire de Luebo: Luebo: 8 450: 9032: Territoire de Tshikapa: Kamonia: 27 492: 9033: Territoire de Ilebo: Ilebo: 15 654: 548 067 9034: Territoire de Mweka: Mweka: 13 223: 9035: Territoire de Dekese: Dekese: 25 175 Outre le chef-lieu de la province Matadi, les principales villes et localités de la province sont Boma, Moanda, Banana, Mbanza-Ngungu (anciennement Thysville) et Vivi. Le Kasaï-Central est depuis 2015 une province de la république démocratique du Congo à la suite de l'éclatement de la province du Kasaï-Occidental[1]. To the east it bordered the Katanga and Stanleyville districts. Sankuru (anc.Kasaï Oriental) Chef-Lieu : Lusambo; Langue : Lotetela; Superficie : 104 331 km²; Kasaï (anc.Kasaï Occidental) Chef-Lieu : Tshikapa; Langue : Tshiluba; Superficie : 95 631 km²; Kasaï Oriental(anc.Kasaï Oriental) Chef-Lieu : Mbuji-Mayi; Langue : Tshiluba; Superficie : 9 481 km²; Kasaï Central (anc.Kasaï Occidental) Chef-Lieu : Kananga In this map, Stanley Falls District is shown as also extending to the southern boundary. On 25 April 1966 Luluabourg and Unité Kasaïenne were united to form Kasaï-Occidental, while Lomami, Sankuru, and Sud-Kasaï were united in the new province of Kasaï-Oriental.