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Territories Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
The provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are divided into territories (fr. ''territoires'', sing. ''territoire'') and cities (fr. ''villes'', sing. ''ville''). The 145 territories are listed below, in alphabetical order, along with the provinces after and before the 2015 reorganization: Territories See also * Number of deputies for each constituency by province * Subdivisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Chiefdoms and sectors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo References {{DEFAULTSORT:Territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Subdivisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of, Territories Congo Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bambesa Territory
Bambesa is a territory A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ... of the province of Bas-Uele resulting from the dismemberment of the former Orientale province. Its administrative center is the town of Bambesa. Settlements include the town of Makongo on the Makongo River and Zobia on the Bima River. In the surroundings around Bambesa, mainly green-green deciduous forest grows. Around Bambesa, it is sparsely populated, with 17 inhabitants per square kilometer. Tropical monsoon climate prevails in the area.http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html Annual average temperature in the funnel is 21 °C. The warmest month is June, when the average temperature is 22 °C, and the coldest is July, at 20 °C. Average annual rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolobo Territory
Bolobo Territory is an administrative region of Mai-Ndombe Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in .... The headquarters is the town of Bolobo. The territory lies on the east side of the Congo River, opposite the Republic of the Congo. References Populated places in Mai-Ndombe Province Territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRC-geo-stub fr:Bolobo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokungu Territory
Bokungu is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in .... It is located in Tshuapa Province. ReferencesStatoids.com Retrieved December 8, 2010. {{coord, 0, 40, S, 22, 18, E, type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-frwiki, display=title Populated places in Tshuapa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boende Territory
Boende is a town and capital of Tshuapa Province, lying on the Tshuapa River, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a river port with riverboats sailing to Kinshasa via Mbandaka and is also home to an airport. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 36,158. The national language used locally is Lingala. Climate Boende has an equatorial tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ... ( Köppen ''Af'') and is hot, humid and wet all year round without pronounced variations in temperature or rainfall. References Populated places in Tshuapa {{DRCongo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikoro Territory
Bikoro Territory is an administrative area in Équateur District of Équateur province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The headquarters is the town of Bikoro. The territory lies to the south of the provincial capital of Mbandaka. It is bordered on the west by the Congo River, and contains Lake Ntomba. The lake covers about depending on the season, connected via the Irebu channel with the Congo river. Water may flow into or out of the lake through this channel depending on the floods. Lake Tumba has 114 species of fish and supports an important fisheries. The lake lies at the center of the Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe landscape, the largest Ramsar Convention wetland in the world, a vast area of forest and permanent or seasonal lakes and marshlands that has great environmental and economic value. Bikoro Territory is one of the remaining places where bonobo The bonobo (; ''Pan paniscus''), also historically called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often the dwarf chimpanzee or g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Kivu
North Kivu (french: link=no, Nord-Kivu) is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Goma. North Kivu borders the provinces of Ituri to the north, Tshopo to the northwest, Maniema to the southwest, and South Kivu to the south. To the east, it borders the countries of Uganda and Rwanda. The province consists of three cities—Goma, Butembo and Beni—and six territories— Beni, Lubero, Masisi, Rutshuru, Nyiragongo and Walikale. It is home to the Virunga National Park, a World Heritage Site containing the endangered mountain gorillas. The region is politically unstable and since 1998 has been one of the flashpoints of the military conflicts in the region. North Kivu was the site of an Ebola epidemic, which was compounded by political instability in the region. History The frontiers of the Congo Free State were defined by the Neutrality Act during the 1885 Berlin Conference, in which the European powers staked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beni Territory
Beni Territory is a territory in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has been the site of fighting during the Allied Democratic Forces insurgency between government troops and the ADF militia, which also crosses the border into the territory from Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The south .... France24, 6 November 2019. References {{coord, 0.4833, N, 29.4500, E, source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:CD, display=title[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tshuapa
Tshuapa is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Tshuapa, Équateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, and Sud-Ubangi provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province. Tshuapa was formed from the Tshuapa District whose town of Boende was elevated to capital city of the new province. Location The province is named for the Tshuapa River The Tshuapa River or Rivière Tshwapa is a river in Democratic Republic of the Congo, the main tributary of the Busira River. Course The river rises in the south of the Sankuru Nature Reserve and meanders north-northwest to Elinga-Mpango and on .... It is situated in the north-west of the country, on the Congo River. History * Tshuapa was previously administered as a district as part of Équateur province. * On 1924.02.11, the Catholic mission established the Apostolic Prefecture of Tsuapa here, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Befale Territory
Befale is a community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the administrative center of Befale Territory, located in Tshuapa Tshuapa is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Tshuapa, Équateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, and Sud-Ubangi provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équate ... province. The town lies on the road linking Boende to Basankusu. As of 2012 the estimated population was 3,879. References Populated places in Tshuapa {{DRCongo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basoko Territory
Basoko is a town on the Congo River in the Tshopo Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in .... As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 47,970. Notable people * George Grenfell, missionary References Populated places in Tshopo Communities on the Congo River {{DRC-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Équateur (former Province)
Équateur (French for "Equator") was a province in the northwest of the Belgian Congo and the successor Republic of the Congo, now known as Democratic Republic of the Congo. It had its origins in the Équateur District of the Congo Free State, the private property of King Leopold II of Belgium. It was upgraded to the status of a province in 1917. Between 1933 and 1947 it was named Coquilhatville. In 1962 it was divided into three smaller provinces, but there were recombined in 1966. Équateur was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 2015, when it was split into the new, smaller Équateur province, as well as the Tshuapa, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi and Sud-Ubangi provinces. Located in the north of the country, the province bordered the Republic of the Congo to the west, the Central African Republic to the north, to the east the Orientale province, and to the south the Kasai-Oriental, Kasai-Occidental, and Bandundu provinces. The word "Équa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
