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The following lists events that happened during 1947 in the Belgian Congo .
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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. |
