Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is divided into 25 provinces and a capital district, the neutral city (French: Ville neutre ). According to the new constitution of December 2005, the country should be divided into 25 provinces and the city of Kinshasa . The new structure was decided in 2008 and then postponed several times and finally implemented in mid-2015.

Provinces since 2015

The situation of the provinces since the administrative reform
No. Surname Capital surface previous province (1988)
1 Kinshasa Kinshasa 009,965 km² unchanged
2 Congo Central Matadi 053,920 km² Bas-Congo
3 Kwango Kenge 089,974 km² Bandundu
4th Kwilu Bandundu 078,219 km² Bandundu
5 Mai-Ndombe Inongo 127,465 km² Bandundu
6th Kasaï Luebo 093,784 km² Kasai-Occidental
7th Kasaï-Central Kananga 060,958 km² Kasai-Occidental
8th Kasaï-Oriental Mbuji-Mayi 009,481 km² Kasaï-Oriental
9 Lomami Kabinda 056,426 km² Kasaï-Oriental
10 Sankuru Lusambo 104,331 km² Kasaï-Oriental
11 Maniema Kindu 132,520 km² unchanged
12 Sud-Kivu Bukavu 065,070 km² unchanged
13 North Kivu Goma 059,483 km² unchanged
14th Ituri Bunia 065,658 km² Orientals
15th Haut-Uele Isiro 089,683 km² Orientals
16 Tshopo Kisangani 199,567 km² Orientals
17th Bas-Uele Buta 148,331 km² Orientals
18th North Ubangi Gbadolite 056,644 km² Equateur
19th Mongala Lisala 058,141 km² Equateur
20th Sud-Ubangi Gemena 051,648 km² Equateur
21st Equateur Mbandaka 103,902 km² Equateur
22nd Tshuapa Boende 132,957 km² Equateur
23 Tanganyika Kalemie 134,940 km² Katanga
24 Haut-Lomami Kamina 108,204 km² Katanga
25th Lualaba Kolwezi 121,308 km² Katanga
26th Skin katanga Lubumbashi 132,425 km² Katanga

Provinces from 1988 to 2015

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1997
No. Surname annotation Capital surface Residents previous province (1960)
1 Bandundu Bandundu 295,658 km² 5,201,000 (1998) Bas-Zaïre (Congo Central)
2 Bas-Congo until 1997 Bas-Zaïre Matadi 053,920 km² 2,835,000 (1998) Bas-Zaïre (Congo Central)
3 Equateur Mbandaka 403,292 km² 4,820,000 (1998) Equateur
4th Kasai-Occidental Kananga 154,742 km² 3,337,000 (1998) Kasaï
5 Kasaï-Oriental Mbuji-Mayi 170,302 km² 6,108,000 (2007) Kasaï
6th Katanga until 1997 Shaba Lubumbashi 496,871 km² 4,125,000 (1998) Shaba (Katanga)
7th Kinshasa Capital District Kinshasa 009,965 km² 8.096.254 (2006) Bas-Zaïre (Congo Central)
8th Maniema Kindu 132,250 km² 1,246,787 (1998) Kivu
9 North Kivu Goma 059,483 km² 5,619,321 (2009) Kivu
10 Orientals until 1997 Haut-Zaïre Kisangani 503,239 km² 5,566,000 (1998) Haut-Zaïre (Orientale)
11 Sud-Kivu Bukavu 065,070 km² 4,475,103 (2009) Kivu

The Orientale province was first renamed Haut-Congo in 1997 , and was given its current name within the same year.

Provinces 1960 to 1988

When it was founded, the Republic of the Congo was administratively divided into six provinces. This structure changed through regional reforms and secession efforts.

No. Surname annotation Capital surface Residents
1 Equateur Coquilhatville (Mbandaka) 402,100 km² 1,843,000 (1960)
2 Katanga before the declaration of secession Katanga
after the reintegration Shaba 		Elisabethville (Lubumbashi) 497,000 km² 1,744,000 (1960)
3 Kasaï Luluabourg (Kananga) 323,100 km² 2,190,000 (1960)
4th Kivu Bukavu 259,100 km² 2,344,000 (1960)
5 Congo Central from 1971 Bas-Zaïre Léopoldville (Kinshasa) 360,900 km² 3,337,000 (1960)
6th Orientals from 1971 Haut-Zaïre Stanleyville (Kisangani) 503,200 km² 2,525,000 (1960)

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  1. ↑ Dominic Johnson : Congo - Wars, Corruption and the Art of Survival . Brandes & Apsel, Frankfurt am Main, 2nd edition 2009, page 179, ISBN 978-3-86099-743-7
  2. ↑ kongo times !: 26 nouvelles provinces ( French ) accessed on January 15, 2017
  3. ^ Sándor Rado: World Handbook. International political and economic almanac . Corvina Verlag, Budapest 1962. pp. 715-716