The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
20th century edit
- 1924 - Bukavu becomes part of the newly formed administrative Province Orientale in colonial Belgian Congo.(fr)
- 1925 - Seat of Kivu District relocated to Bukavu from Rutshuru.[1]
- 1927 - Bukavu renamed "Costermansville" after Belgian colonial official Paul Costermans.[1]
- 1929 - Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu established.[2]
- 1927 - Zoological and Forest Reserve of Mount Kahuzi established near Costermansville.
- 1938 - Collège Notre Dame de la Victoire founded by Catholic Pères Blancs.
- 1942 - Catholic, Swahili-French language Hodi newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1951
- Catholic Our Lady of Peace Cathedral built.
- Bushi Football Club founded.[citation needed]
- 1953
- 1958 - Bukavu attains city status.[citation needed]
- 1961
- Denis Maganga Igomokelo becomes mayor.[citation needed]
- École de régence (school) established.
- 1967 - 9 August: City taken by rebel Katangan forces.[5]
- 1970 - Kahuzi-Biéga National Park established near city.
- 1975 - Population: 146,504 (estimate).[6]
- 1984 - Population: 167,950 (estimate).[7]
- 1989 - City becomes part of the newly formed South Kivu province.[8]
- 1993 - Radio Maendeleo begins broadcasting.[citation needed]
- 1994
- Rwandan war refugees flee to Bukavu.[8]
- Population: 201,569 (estimate).[8]
- 1996 - October: City taken by Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo.[8]
- 1999 - Panzi Hospital established.
- 2000 - Congolese war refugees arrive in Bagira.
21st century edit
- 2004 - May–June: Violent conflict between rebel and national forces.[8]
- 2007 - 13 June: Journalist Serge Maheshe killed.[9]
- 2008
- 3 February: 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake.[10]
- 22 November: Mass graves found on land owned by Rally for Congolese Democracy party member.[8]
- Zita Kavungirwa Kayange becomes mayor.[citation needed]
- OC Bukavu Dawa wins Coupe du Congo football contest.
- 2010
- 17 October: Women demonstrate "to demand an end to a wave of mass rapes."[8]
- Marcellin Cishambo becomes governor of South Kivu province.
- 2012 - 12 February: Airplane carrying politicians crashes in Bukavu; Augustin Katumba Mwanke killed.[11]
- 2014
- 2015
- January: 2015 Congolese protests.
- August: 2015 South Kivu earthquake
- Population: 295,665 (estimate).[8]
- Saveur du Kivu coffee event begins.[14]
- Lusenda refugee camp begins operating in vicinity of Bukavu.
- 2017
- 2022
See also edit
- Bukavu history
- List of mayors of Bukavu
- Timelines of other cities in DR Congo: Goma, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Lubumbashi
References edit
- ^ a b c Chamaa 1981.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Democratic Republic of the Congo". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ a b Mukala Kadima Nzuji [in French] (1984). La littérature zaïroise de langue française: 1945-1965 (in French). Éditions Karthala. ISBN 978-2-86537-100-6.
- ^ "La "Presse africaine", une aventure très belge", Lalibre.be (in French), 30 June 2010
- ^ "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 0203409957.
- ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1980. New York. pp. 225–252.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2000. United Nations Statistics Division.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Emizet Francois Kisangani (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (4th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442273160.
- ^ "Democratic Republic of Congo Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "Great Lakes hit by deadly quakes", BBC News, 3 February 2008
- ^ Claude Simons (2013), "Democratic Republic of the Congo", in Andreas Mehler; et al. (eds.), Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2012, vol. 9, Koninklijke Brill, pp. 241–254, ISBN 9789004256002, ISSN 1871-2525
- ^ "RDC: retour au calme à Bukavu", Rfi.fr (in French), 21 February 2014
- ^ "RDC: au moins 300 détenus s'évadent de la prison de Bukavu", Rfi.fr (in French), 6 June 2014
- ^ "Congo's Specialty Brews Look to Be the 'Future of Coffee'", New York Times, 23 August 2017
- ^ "RDC: des prisonniers s'échappent de la prison de Bukavu, à l'est du pays", Rfi.fr (in French), 29 July 2017
- ^ "Democratic Republic of Congo: South Kivu cholera outbreak threatens to spread out of control". Médecins Sans Frontières. 30 August 2017.
- This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography edit
- Samir Chamaa; Ahobangeze Ndagiriyehe (1981). "Evolution et structure de la population de Bukavu". Cahiers d'Outre-Mer (in French). 34 – via Persee.fr.
- John Le Carré (20 September 2007), "Une réalité si stupéfiante...", Le Monde (in French), Paris
- Léon de Saint Moulin [in Lingala] (2010). "Bukavu". Villes et organisation de l'espace en République Démocratique du Congo (in French). L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-296-25787-0.
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Map of Bukavu area, 1981 -
Aerial view of Bukavu, 2015 -
Aerial view of Bukavu and Lake Kivu, 2015
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