Kasaï-Oriental

This article covers the current province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The historical province (1966–2015) is described in the article Kasaï-Oriental (1966–2015) .

Kasaï-Oriental
country	Democratic Republic of Congo
Provincial capital	Mbuji-Mayi
National language	Tschiluba
surface	9,841 km²
population	3,145,000 (2015)
Population density	329.5
ISO 3166-2	CD-KE

Kasaï-Oriental is a province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The capital of Kasaï-Oriental is the city of Mbuji-Mayi . The population was estimated at over 3 million in 2015.

geography

Kasaï-Oriental is located in the southern center of the country and borders in the northeast with Sankuru , in the east and south with Lomami and in the west with Kasaï-Central .

history

The area of ​​today's province of Kasaï-Oriental belonged to a significantly larger province of the same name . This province was to be divided into three new provinces by an administrative reform decided in 2005. This territorial reform was first postponed and canceled in January 2011 by a constitutional amendment by President Joseph Kabila . However, the reorganization was implemented in 2015 and large parts of the former province were separated.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Congo (Dem. Rep.): Provinces & Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved April 6, 2018 . 
2. ↑ http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Congo-K_Provinces_1960-1966.html