Lusanga | |
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  Lusanga | |
| Coordinates: 4°49′58″S 18°43′42″E / 4.832707°S 18.728256°E | |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Province | Kwilu |
| Territory | Bulungu |
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]
- ^ Warrington 1972, p. 2.
- ^ Nziem 1998, p. 33.
- ^ Gurney 1996, p. 207.
- ^ Nziem 1998, p. 383.