Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Provinces de la République démocratique du Congo (French)
  • Also known as:
  • Mikoa ya Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (Swahili)
    Bitúká bya Kongó-Kinsásá (Lingala)
Category1st-level administrative division of a unitary state
LocationDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Number26 provinces (1 is a city-province)
Populations1,411,000 (Bas-Uele) – 18,000,000 (Kinshasa)
Areas9,545 km2 (3,685 sq mi) (Kasaï-Oriental) – 199,567 km2 (77,053 sq mi) (Tshopo)
Government
  • Provincial government
Subdivisions

Article 2 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo divides the country into the capital city of Kinshasa and 25 named provinces. It also gives the capital the status of a province. Therefore, in many contexts Kinshasa is regarded as the 26th province.

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