Lokilo | |
Pushpin Map: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Coordinates: | -0.45°N 24.0167°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Tshopo |
Subdivision Type2: | Territory |
Subdivision Name2: | Opala Territory |
Blank Name Sec2: | National language |
Blank Info Sec2: | Lingala |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Lokilo is a community in the Opala Territory of the Tshopo Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.[1]
In the colonial era of the Belgian Congo, Lokilo was one of the areas from which the Lomami Company collected large amounts of rubber. The Mbole people of the region vividly described their view of the effect of collecting rubber with the phrase wando wo limolo, meaning "tax-caused loss of weight".[2]