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The following lists events that happened during 1947 in the Belgian Congo.
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Sylvestre Ilunga, future prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is born in Katanga Province. | |
Our Lady of the Congo Cathedral is built in Kinshasa | |
The photographic agency Congopresse is founded. | |
Costermansville Province is renamed Kivu Province. [1] | |
Coquihatville Province returns to the name Équateur/Evenaar. [1] | |
Stanleyville Province returns to the name Orientale Province. [1] | |
Léon A. Hofkens becomes governor of Kasaï province. [2] | |
23 March | Louis Alphonse Koyagialo, future prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is born in Yakoma. |