Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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There are currently ten provinces and one city-province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

Map# Province Capital
1. Bandundu Bandundu
2. Bas-Congo Matadi
3. Équateur Mbandaka
4. Kasai-Occidental Kananga
5. Kasai-Oriental Mbuji-Mayi
6. Katanga Lubumbashi
7. Kinshasa (city-province) Kinshasa
8. Maniema Kindu
9. Nord-Kivu Goma
10. Orientale * Kisangani
11. Sud-Kivu Bukavu

* An Ituri Interim Administration also exists in the Ituri region of Orientale province

Proposed provinces

Main article: Proposed provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Article 2[1] of the 2005 Congolese Constitution,[2] which came into effect on 18 February 2006, specifies twenty-five new provinces while retaining the capital city/province of Kinshasa. This new territorial organization was scheduled to take effect within thirty-six months of the new constitution's promulgation. It did not.

See also

References

  1. ^ Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo - Wikisource
  2. ^ http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_de_la_R%C3%A9publique_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Congo
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