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The Lado Enclave was important to the Congo Free State as it included [[Rejaf]], which was the terminus for boats on the [[Nile]]. Rejaf was the seat of the Commander, the only European colonial official within the enclave, who were in place from 1897 to June 1910. Efforts were made to properly defend Lado against any possible incursion by another colonial power, with twelve heavy Krupp fort guns installed in November 1906.<ref>"The Lado Enclave", ''[[The Hobart Mercury|The Mercury]]'', 30 November 1906, p. 5.</ref>
On 10 June 1910, following Leopold’s death, the district became a province of the [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]] and in 1912 the southern half was ceded to [[Uganda]], then a British protectorate.<ref>Ascherson, N. ''The King Incorporated: Leopold II in the Age of Trusts'', Granta Books, 2001. ISBN 1-86207-290-6.</ref> Later Gondokoro, Kiro, Lado and Rejaf were abandoned by the Sudanese government, and no longer appear on modern maps.<ref>{{cite journal
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