1913 in the Belgian Congo

The following lists events that happened during 1913 in the Belgian Congo.

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Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s

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Events
DateEvent
Orientale Province is formed from the District of Orientale Province, Haut-Uélé, Bas-Uélé and Aruwimi. The new province contains the districts of Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, Ituri, Stanleyville, Aruwimi, Maniema, Lowa and Kivu.
Forminière (Société internationale forestière et minière du Congo) begins diamond mining in Kasai.[1]
The Union Minière du Haut-Katanga starts to work the open pit Luishia Mine deposit of copper and cobalt.[2]
7 November Justin Malfeyt is appointed deputy governor-general of Orientale Province.[3]

See also

References
  1. Derksen 1983.
  2. Luishia Mine, Katanga.
  3. Northrup 1988, p. 83.

Sources
  • Derksen, Richard (1983), "Forminière in the Kasai, 1906-1939", African Economic History, 12: 49–65, JSTOR 3601316
  • "Luishia Mine, Katanga, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)", Mindat, retrieved 11 November 2011
  • Northrup, David (1988), Beyond the bend in the river : African labor in eastern Zaire, 1865-1940, Boston College Libraries, p. 83, retrieved 11 August 2020
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