Maniema
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Maniema is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Its provincial capital is Kindu. It borders Kasai-Oriental to the west, Orientale to the north, Nord-Kivu and Sud-Kivu to the east, and Katanga to the south.
Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo prior to 2006
Bandundu • Bas-Congo • Équateur • Kasai-Occidental • Kasai-Oriental • Katanga • Kinshasa • Maniema • Nord-Kivu • Orientale • Sud-Kivu
Bas-Uele • Équateur • Haut-Lomami • Haut-Katanga • Haut-Uele • Ituri • Kasaï • Kasaï oriental • Kongo central • Kwango • Kwilu • Lomami • Lualaba • Lulua • Mai-Ndombe • Maniema • Mongala • Nord-Kivu • Nord-Ubangi • Sankuru • Sud-Kivu • Sud-Ubangi • Tanganyika • Tshopo • Tshuapa • Kinshasa
kingdom(s)
1585 Luba kingdom founded 1889 ruling lineage split into two ruling lineages
Kings or emperors (title muLopwe)
1781 - 1809 Ilunga Nsungu c.1800 Kasongo Kukaya (in rebellion) 1809 - 1837 Maniema Ngombe 1837 Ndaye Muzinga (usurper) 1837 - 1864 Ilunga Kabale 1864 - 1865 Maloba Konkola 1865 - 1869 Kitamba 1869 - 1886 Kasongo a Kalombo (b. ... - d. 1886) 1886 - 1889 Nday a Mande (b. ... - d. 1889)
- Lineage 1 -
1889 - Oct 1917 Kasongo a Nyembo (b. 18... - d. 1917) 1917 - 1935 Maniema Ilunga Kumwimba (b. ... - d. 1948) 1935 - 1957 Ilunga Kisuku 1957 - 1964 Kasongo a Nyembo 1964 - Kisula Ngoy
- Lineage 2 -
1889 - 1946 Maniema Nilemba (b. ... - d. 1946) 1946 - 25 Oct 1960 Kabongo Boniface Kalowa = Ilunga Balowa Boniface = Dibwe Kalowa Boniface (b. 1905/10 - d. 1960) Oct 1960 - 198. Maniema (b. ... - d. 198...)