Main information Kikwit: Kikwit is the main town of the Bandundu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, located on the Kwilu River. The city is connected to Kinshasa by the National Highway 1 in the west, and the two Kasai in the East. It is regarded as a nursery Congolese intelligentsia. History [edit | edit the code] The city was originally a marine deposit of the Congo Free State for the delivery of rubber and ivory. Once the state became a Belgian colony, Belgium converted it into a European city and a native city. Native city already had 600 factories workers and administration in 1910. African workers came from different ethnic groups and were deported and forced to live in the city. In 1920, the city was named makaku or Makal. In 1937 it was renamed Poto-Poto and becomes a non-customary center. The growth of Kikwit is mainly due to the European population during the colonial period. Between Leopoldville (Kinshasa) and the Kwango district and in the center of the province, the city is forced relays, a state post office, mail and fuel dispersion center and oil concentration center palm will open in 1911. in 1923 several commercial establishments settled in the city and take advantage of the location of it. In 1928, the School of labor is opened, followed by the School instructor in 1930. In 1940, the city became a center of banking operations with the opening of a branch of the Bank of the Belgian Congo. At the end of World War II, the white population of the city complained about the proximity of the African city and the new flow of Europeans push the administration to develop two new residential areas. The African city of Poto-Poto is moved to Wenze in 1946 and Brussels in 1948. In 1995, the city was faced with a serious crisis of the Ebola virus. TFK Project Documents
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