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Administrative Divisions Of The Republic Of The Congo
The Republic of the Congo is divided into 12 ''départements'' (départements). Departments are divided into communes and/or districts;With inconsistent figures: * Thsite of the Presidency of the Republic of Congolists 11 departments, 7 communes, and 76 districts. * The 200Statistical directory of Congolists 12 departments, 6 communes, and 85 districts * A list of subprefects (higher representatives of State in a district) nominated in December 2008 lists 86 districts. See * Finally, the good figures seem to come fro 12 departments, 7 communes, and 86 districts which are further subdivided into urban communities (communautés urbaines) and rural communities (communautés rurales); which are further subdivided into quarters or neighborhoods (quartiers) and villages. These are: * Bouenza * Cuvette * Cuvette-Ouest * Kouilou * Lékoumou * Brazzaville * Likouala * Niari * Plateaux * Pool * Sangha * Pointe-Noire Pointe-Noire (; kg, Njinji, french: Ndjindji with the letter ...
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Republic Of The Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the west of the Congo river. It is bordered to the west by Gabon, to its northwest by Cameroon and its northeast by the Central African Republic, to the southeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to its south by the Angolan exclave of Cabinda and to its southwest by the Atlantic Ocean. The region was dominated by Bantu-speaking tribes at least 3,000 years ago, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. Congo was formerly part of the French colony of Equatorial Africa. The Republic of the Congo was established on 28 November 1958 and gained independence from France in 1960. It was a Marxist–Leninist state from 1969 to 1992, under the name People's Republic of the Congo. The country has had multi-party elections sin ...
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Departments Of The Republic Of The Congo
The Republic of the Congo is divided into twelve departments (''départements'', singular ''département''). These departments replaced former regions (''régions'', singular ''région'') in 2002: These regions are subdivided into 86 districts and 7 communes; which are further subdivided into urban communities (communautés urbaines) and rural communities (communautés rurales); which are further subdivided into quarters or neighborhoods (quartiers) and villages. See also * Communes of the Republic of the Congo * Districts of the Republic of the Congo The Departments of the Republic of the Congo are divided into 86 districts and 6 communes; which are further subdivided into urban communities (communautés urbaines) and rural communities (communautés rurales); which are further subdivided into ... * ISO 3166-2:CG References External links Congo Departments at Statoids.com {{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of African countries Subdivisions o ...
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Bouenza Department
Bouenza (can also be written as ''Buenza'') is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southern part of the country. It borders the departments of Lékoumou, Niari, and Pool, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The regional capital is Madingou. Towns and cities include Loudima, Mouyondzi, Loutété and Nkayi. Administrative divisions Bouenza Department is divided into one commune and ten districts: Districts # Madingou District # Mouyondzi District # Boko-Songho District # Mfouati District # Loudima District # Kayes District #* Former Nkayi District minus Nkayi Commune (?) # Kingoué District #* Part of the former Mouyondzi District # Mabombo District #* Part of the former Madingou/Mouyondzi Districts (?) # Tsiaki District #* Part of the former Mouyondzi District # Yamba District #* Part of the former Mouyondzi District Communes # Nkayi Commune # Madingou Commune Demographics The population is 309,073 in 2007, and the a ...
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Cuvette Department
Cuvette is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the central part of the country. It borders the departments of Cuvette-Ouest, Likouala, Plateaux, and Sangha, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon. The capital is Owando. Cities and towns include Boundji, Makoua and Okoyo Okoyo is a town and the seat of Okoyo District in the Cuvette Region in central Republic of the Congo. It is on the Alima River The Alima River is a tributary of the Congo River. It is formed by the confluence of two streams, the Lékéti a .... Administrative divisions Cuvette Department is divided into one commune and nine districts: Districts # Makoua District # Boundji District # Mossaka District # Loukoléla District # Oyo District # Ngoko District # Ntokou District # Tchikapika District # Bokoma DistrictNew district created on March 16, 2017: http://www.sgg.cg/imageProvider.asp?private_resource=2639&fn=jo_2017_12.pdf Communes # Commune of ...
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Cuvette-Ouest Department
Cuvette-Ouest (or Western Cuvette) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the western part of the country. Cuvette-Ouest is the least populated department in the country. It borders the departments of Cuvette and Sangha, and Gabon. The capital is Ewo. Principal cities and towns include Kelle. Cuvette-Ouest has been the site of several outbreaks of the Ebola virus. Administrative divisions Cuvette-Ouest Department is divided into one commune and six districts: Districts # Ewo District # Kelle District # Mbomo District Mbomo is a district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipa ... # Okoyo District # Etoumbi District # Mbama District Communes # Ewo CommuneThe urban community of Ewo gained the status of commune on March 16, 2017: http://www.sgg.cg/imageProvider.asp?priv ...
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Kouilou Department
Kouilou ( kg, Kwilu, Kuilu ) is a department of the Republic of the Congo. Covering the country's coastline, it has an area of 13,650 square kilometres and at the start of 2007 it was home to about 91,955 people. The department borders Niari Department, the commune of Pointe-Noire, and internationally, Gabon and the Cabinda area of Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina .... The regional capital was Hinda. Principal cities and towns include Madingo-Kayes and Mvouti. Since 2002 the town of Loango has been the capital of the Kouilou region. ''Kouilou'' is also the name of a river, the Kouilou-Niari River. Administrative divisions Kouilou Department is divided into six districts: Districts # Hinda District # Madingo-Kayes District # Mvouti District ...
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Lékoumou Department
Lékoumou (can also be written as Lekumu) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southern part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Niari, Plateaux, Pool, and the nation of Gabon. The regional capital is Sibiti. Principal cities and towns include Komono and Zanaga Zanaga is a town and capital of Zanaga District in the Lékoumou Department of northeastern Republic of the Congo. It lies near the Ogooue River, which flows north into Gabon. Mining The city is near Zanaga mine, a potential 3 billion tonn .... Administrative divisions Lékoumou Department is divided into five districts: Districts # Sibiti District # Komono District # Zanaga District # Bambama District # Mayéyé District Economy Subsistence farming, carried out by small producers (cassava, peanuts, tarots, plantain, squash, sorrel, ginger, artisanal palm oil), and arboriculture (safoutiers, mango trees, bananas) are the main agricultural activities. The timber ...
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Brazzaville
Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLIO, USA, 2013, p. 60) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo (Congo Republic). Constituting the financial and administrative centre of the country, it is located on the north side of the Congo River, opposite Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The population of the capital is estimated to exceed 1.8 million residents, comprising more than a third of the national populace. Some 40% are employed in non-agricultural professions. During World War II, Brazzaville was also the capital of Free France between 1940 and 1942. In 2013, Brazzaville was designated a City of Music by UNESCO; since then it has also been a member of the Creative Cities Network. Geography Brazzaville ...
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Likouala Department
Likouala is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the northern part of the country. It borders the departments of Cuvette and Sangha, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. The region has an area of 66,044 km² and an estimated population of almost 90,000. The chief town is Impfondo. Principal cities and towns include Epena and Dongou. History Historically, this department was cut off from part of Lobaye, an area of the Central African Republic. It is believed that it was first inhabited by the Pygmy tribe. Administrative divisions Likouala Department is divided into seven districts: Districts # Impfondo District # Epena District # Dongou District # Bétou District # Bouanéla District # Enyellé District # Liranga District Geography Likouala is almost covered with dense and often flooded forests of lakes and very full of fish ponds. Its ground is argillaceous and sandy by places. The north of the departme ...
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Niari Department
Niari (can also be written as ''Niadi'') is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the western part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Kouilou, and Lékoumou, and internationally, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Cabinda portion of Angola. The regional capital is Dolisie. Administrative divisions According to an administrational reorganisation of 2012, Niari Department is divided into fourteen districts and two ''communes'' not belonging to any district: Districts # Louvakou District # Kibangou District # Divénié District # Mayoko District # Kimongo District # Moutamba District # Banda District # Londéla–Kayes District # Makabana District # Mbinda District # Moungoundou-Sud District # Nyanga District # Moungoundou-Nord District # Yaya District Communes # Dolisie # Mossendjo Mossendjo is a town located in the Niari Region of the Republic of the Congo. Railways The town lies on the Mbinda branch o ...
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Plateaux Department (Republic Of The Congo)
Plateaux is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the central part of the country. It borders the departments of Cuvette, Lékoumou, and Pool, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the east and Gabon on the west. The regional capital is Djambala. Principal cities and towns include Gamboma Gamboma is a town located in the Plateaux Region of the Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo o ... and Lekana. Administrative divisions Plateaux Department is divided into eleven districts: Districts # Djambala District # Lekana District # Gamboma District # Abala District # Allembé District # Makotimpoko District # Mbon District # Mpouya District # Ngo District # Ollombo District # Ongogni District References Republic of the Congo at GeoHive Departments of the Republic of the Con ...
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Pool Department
Pool ( kg, Mpumbu, Nsundi, Mbula Ntangu) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southeastern part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Lékoumou, and Plateaux. Internationally, it borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It also surrounds the commune district of the national capital, Brazzaville. The regional capital is Kinkala. Principal towns include Boko, Kindamba and Mindouli. In the early 2000s, the Pool region was the home of a low-level insurgency led by Pasteur Ntumi. The inhabitants of this department are the Kongo, the Téké and the Native population (Pygmies). The region is named after the Pool Malebo (formerly Stanley Pool), a particularly wide stretch of the Congo River here. Administrative divisions Pool Department is divided into thirteen districts: # Kinkala District # Boko District # Mindouli District # Kindamba District # Goma Tsé-Tsé District # Mayama District # Ngabé District # Mbanza–Ndounga District ...
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