Lusanga, Kwilu

Lusanga
Lusanga is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lusanga
Lusanga
Coordinates: 4°49′58″S 18°43′42″E / 4.832707°S 18.728256°E / -4.832707; 18.728256
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
ProvinceKwilu
TerritoryBulungu

Lusanga (formerly Leverville) is a town in Kwilu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is at the confluence of the Kwenge and Kwilu rivers.[1] The town is served by a small airport (IATA Code: LUS).

In the colonial era the town was called Leverville.[2] It was named after William Lever of the Lever Brothers, which started as a soap-making business and grew into the Unilever consumer goods giant. In 1911 Lever signed a treaty with the Belgian government to gain access to the palm oil of the colony, and established the main coordinating base at Leverville.[3] The Huileries du Congo Belge (HCB), a subsidiary of Lever Brothers, established a large palm oil factory at Leverville, one of three in Kwilu.[4]

  1. ^ Warrington 1972, p. 2.
  2. ^ Nziem 1998, p. 33.
  3. ^ Gurney 1996, p. 207.
  4. ^ Nziem 1998, p. 383.