Tshopo (Province)

Tshopo
country	Democratic Republic of Congo
Provincial capital	Kisangani
governor	Maurice Tony Ngoy
National language	Kiswahili
surface	199,567 km²
population	2,352,000 (2015)
Population density	11.8
ISO 3166-2	CD-TO

Tshopo is a province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The capital of Tshopo is the major city of Kisangani . The population of the entire area was 2,352,000 in 2015.

Fishing in the Congo River near Kisangani

geography

Usine de Bralima in the provincial capital Kisangani

The province is located in the northeast of the country, on the Congo River . The Tshopo River , after which the area is named, flows through Kisangani.

The province is bordered by Mongala to the northwest , Bas-Uele to the north, Haut-Uele to the northeast, Ituri and Nord-Kivu to the east, Maniema and Sankuru to the south, and Tshuapa to the west .

Territories

• Bafwasende
• Banalia
• Basoko
• Isangi
• Opala
• Ubundu
• Yahuma

history

As part of the new state constitution of 2005, the administrative structure of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was to be fundamentally changed and the state was to be decentralized. The plan was to increase the number of provinces from eleven to 26 and give them greater political influence.

The province Orientale , to which Tshopo belonged until then, was to be dissolved and replaced by four new provinces, including Tshopo. However, the administrative reform was postponed several times and canceled in 2011, but finally implemented in 2015 and thus elevated Tshopo to a province.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.ucdp-info.com/presses_secu_al.htm
2. ^ Congo (Dem. Rep.): Provinces & Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved April 6, 2018 .