Sankuru (province)

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Sankuru
Bas-Uele Équateur Haut-Katanga Haut-Lomami Haut-Uele Ituri Kasaï Kasaï-Central Kasaï-Oriental Kinshasa Kongo Central Kwango Kwilu Lomami Lualaba Mai-Ndombe Maniema Mongala Nord-Kivu Nord-Ubangi Sankuru Sud-Kivu Sud-Ubangi Tanganyika Tshopo Tshuapamap
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country Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo
Provincial capital Lusambo
governor Joseph – Stéphane Mukumadi
National language French
surface 104,331 km²
population 2,110,000 (2015)
Population density 20.2
ISO 3166-2 CD-SA
View over Kole , a small town in the province

Sankuru is a province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The population of the province was 2,110,000 in 2015, the capital is Lusambo .

geography

Sankuru is located in the center of the country and borders Tshuapa in the north, Tshopo in the northeast, Maniema in the east, Lomami and Kasaï-Oriental in the south, Kasaï-Central in the south-west and Kasaï in the west .

landscape

Sankuru is one of the provinces in the country that is dominated by tropical rainforests . There are also bush and savannah areas . In terms of fauna , Sankuru has a very large biodiversity : There are lions , zebras , antelopes , kudu, hippos and various types of tropical snakes , crocodiles and turtles . Numerous forms of monkeys and chimpanzees also live in the area.

history

The area of ​​today's Sankuru Province has belonged to different provinces since the independence of the DR Congo. Until 1962 it was together with today's Kasaï, Kasaï-Oriental, Kasaï-Central and Lomami part of a larger province called "Kasai", from 1962 to 1966 it was an independent province and from 1966 it belonged to Kasaï-Oriental .

An administrative reform adopted in 2005 provided for the Sankuru district to be given provincial status. However, it was not implemented and was canceled in January 2011 by a constitutional amendment by President Joseph Kabila. However, the reorganization was implemented in 2015 and Kasaï-Oriental was divided into three new provinces: Sankuru, Lomami and Kasaï-Oriental.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elections au Sankuru: deux candidats gouverneurs s'expriment sur les violences - RFI. Retrieved August 17, 2019 (French).
  2. ^ Congo (Dem. Rep.): Provinces & Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved April 6, 2018 .
  3. ↑ http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Congo-K_Provinces_1960-1966.html