Kasai Province

Kasai (French: Province du Kasaï) is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution (effective 18 February 2006), under Article 2.[1] It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months (18 February 2009), according to Article 226.[2] As of October 2010, this had not taken place.[3]

Prior to the 2006 Constitution, it formed part of the Kasai-Occidental province; its neighbor to the southeast, Lulua Province, was also formed from Kasai-Occidental. It is also bordered by Kwango Province to the southwest, Sankuru Province, Tshuapa Province, Kwilu Province, Mai-Ndombe Province, and the nation of Angola in the south.

The capital of Kasai province is the town of Luebo.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 2". Wikisource. http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_de_la_R%C3%A9publique_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Congo#Article_2. 
  2. ^ "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 226". Wikisource. http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_de_la_R%C3%A9publique_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Congo#Article_2. 
  3. ^ "The AMP conclave: Another step towards 2011 elections". Congo Siasa. http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/2010/10/amp-conclave-another-step-towards-2011.html. 
  4. ^ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com. http://www.statoids.com/ucd.html. 

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