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The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo (French: État indépendant du Congo), was a large state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908. It was privately owned by King Leopold II , the constitutional monarch of the Kingdom of Belgium .
A Map of the route of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1887–1889, Published in 1890. In many areas the courses of rivers are dashed or omitted, reflecting the limited European knowledge of the region at the time. The Districts of the Congo Free State were the primary administrative divisions of the Congo Free State from 1885 to
An 1897 map of the Congo Free State showed the huge Stanley Falls District where the later Stanleyville and Katanga districts would be created. [4] It covered an area of about 270,000 square miles (700,000 km 2 ). [ 5 ]
The Free State was annexed by Belgium in 1908 as the Belgian Congo. On a 1910 map the Stanley Pool District had been renamed Moyen-Congo District, with various changes to the boundary. It was now bordered by the Bas-Congo District to the south, Kwango and Lac Léopold II districts to the east, and Équateur district to the north. [3]
Flag map of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1963–1966) made by ReneeWrites; ... Congo Free State (1885–1908), Belgian Congo (1908–1960) Licensing.
The Congo Free State was annexed by Belgium in 1908 as the Belgian Congo. [5] A map of administrative divisions in 1910 shows Kasai District still stretching down to the southern border of the colony, but extended to the northeast by including the eastern part of Lac Léopold II District, the western arm of Stanleyville District and the northwest arm of Lualaba District.
King Leopold II, whose rule of the Congo Free State was marked by severe atrocities, violence and major population decline.. Even before his accession to the throne of Belgium in 1865, the future king Leopold II began lobbying leading Belgian politicians to create a colonial empire in the Far East or in Africa, which would expand and enhance Belgian prestige. [2]
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