Mongala is one of the 21 new

provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 ...

created in the 2015 repartitioning. Mongala, Équateur,

Nord-Ubangi Nord-Ubangi (French for "North Ubangi") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Nord-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismemb ...

Sud-Ubangi Sud-Ubangi (French for "South Ubangi") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. It lies in the northwest of the country on the Ubangi River. Sud-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, No ...

, and

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 ...

provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province. Mongala was formed from the

Mongala District Mongala District (french: District du Mongala, nl, District Mongala) was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It went through various changes in extent. It covered roughly the same area as the present Mongala ...

whose town of Lisala was elevated to capital city of the new province.

Location

Mongala is located at the northwest of the country on the

Congo River The Congo River ( kg, Nzâdi Kôngo, french: Fleuve Congo, pt, Rio Congo), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharge ...

, and borders the provinces of

Tshopo Tshopo is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. It is situated in the north central part of the country on the Tshopo River, for which it is named. Tshopo, Bas-Uele, Haut-Ue ...

, Bas-Uele, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, Équateur and Tshuapa. It is divided into three territories: * Bongandanga * Bumba, major town and site of a former secessionist state (1963) in the province. * Lisala The province includes the village of

Yambuku Yambuku is a small village in Mongala Province in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was the center of the first documented outbreak of Ebola virus disease, in 1976, with the World Health Organization identifying a man from Yambuku as ...

History

From 1963–1966, Mongala Province was known as Moyen-Congo. However, under Mobutu, the province was reintegrated into the former Équateur province where it was administered as Mongala District, until 2015. Presidents (later governors) of the Moyen-Congo province were: * 6 April 1963 – June 1964 Laurent Eketebi ** (de facto from 15 September 1962) * April 1963 – 30 July 1963 Denis Akundji ** (president of secessionist province of Bumba) * 23 June 1964 – 10 August 1965 Augustin Engwanda * 10 August 1965 – 25 April 1966 Denis Sakombi (born 1929, died 1985)

References

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRCongo-geo-stub