Kasongo (CD)

Kasongo, also known as Piani Kasongo, is a town (56,877 inhabitants in 2012) and territory in the Maniema Province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kasongo lies east of the Lualaba River, northwest of where it meets the Luama River, at an altitude of 666 m.

The town was founded (by ??) around 1855. It became the capital of the Sultanate of Utetera (1860-1887), established by the Swahili–Arab slave and ivory trader Tippu Tip. His small sultanate was a key trading partner and ally of the Sultanate of Zanzibar in the east.

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Republic

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Belgian Congo period 1909-1960

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Congo Independent State 1886-1909

Opening date?

Circle in 1907. Auction image.