Lotoko, Democratic Republic of the Congo explained

Lotoko
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pushpin Relief:y
Coordinates:-0.291°N 19.8719°W -->
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Democratic Republic of the Congo
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Sankuru
Subdivision Type2:Territory
Subdivision Name2:Ingende Territory
Subdivision Type3:Collectivity
Subdivision Name3:Eungu
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:325

Lotoko is a community on the Busira River in the Province of Équateur in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the colonial period it held a trading post.

Location

Lotoko is on the south shore of the Busira River in the Province of Équateur about downstream from the point where the Salonga River joins the Busira from the left.It is in Ingende Territory. It is at an elevation of about .

Colonial era

Lotoko was a post of the Société anonyme belge pour le commerce du Haut-Congo (SAB) in the Mbala–Londji territory, near the villages of the Lingoy chiefdom."Lotoko" is the name of a group of Mongo people.The trading posts and missions were often given the same name as the local people.

The Belgians were brutal in collecting rubber. An account by a local person of SAB activities in collecting rubber (caoutchouc or CTC) says,