Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Provinces de la République démocratique du Congo (French) |
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Category | Unitary State |
Location | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Number | 10 Provinces(1 is a city-province) |
Populations | 2,536,550 (Maniema) – 4,364,541 (Orientale) |
Areas | 9,970 km2 (3,848 sq mi) (Kinsasha) – 503,240 km2 (194,302 sq mi) (Orientale) |
Government | Provincial government |
Subdivisions | District, City |
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There are currently ten provinces and one city-province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
Map# | Province | Capital | Pop. 2008 [1] | Time Zone |
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1. | Bandundu | Bandundu | 5,514,787 | WAT |
2. | Bas-Congo | Matadi | 4,113,150 | WAT |
3. | Équateur | Mbandaka | 8,560,067 | WAT |
4. | Kasai-Occidental | Kananga | 5,466,777 | CAT |
5. | Kasai-Oriental | Mbuji-Mayi | 6,222,559 | CAT |
6. | Katanga | Lubumbashi | 8,143,487 | CAT |
7. | Kinshasa (city-province) | Kinshasa | 9,046,000* | WAT |
8. | Maniema | Kindu | 2,536,550 | CAT |
9. | Nord-Kivu | Goma | 4,022,212 | CAT |
10. | Orientale | Kisangani | 11,984,381 | CAT |
11. | Sud-Kivu | Bukavu | 3,617,830 | CAT |
* Kinshasa 2012 estimate [citation needed]
Proposed provinces
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Article 2[2] of the 2005 Congolese Constitution,[3] which came into effect on 18 February 2006, specifies twenty-five new provinces while retaining the capital city/province of Kinshasa. Though this new territorial organization was scheduled to take effect within thirty-six months of the new constitution's promulgation, it did not. President Joseph Kabila has set a deadline of June 30, 2015 to complete this process, known as découpage.[4]
The twenty-five provinces denoted by the 2005 constitution are as follows: Bas-Uele, Equateur, Haut-Lomami, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Uele, Ituri, Kasai, Kasai Oriental, Kongo central, Kwango, Kwilu, Lomami, Lualaba, Lulua, MaiNdombe, Maniema, Mongala, Nord-Kivu, Nord-Ubangi, Sankuru, Sud Kivu, Sud Ubangi, Tanganyika, Tshopo, Tshuapa. [5]
See also
- List of provincial governors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Districts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- ISO 3166-2:CD
References
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- ↑ Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo - Wikisource
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