Tshuapa 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. 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
Tshuapa District (french: District de la Tshuapa, nl, District Tshuapa), was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in 1933 in the Coquilhatville Province. At its greatest extent it roughly corresponded ...
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 o ...
. It is situated in the north-west 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 discharg ...
.
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 Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers, but it was renamed on
1926.01.28 as Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville / de Coquilhatville (Latin), having gained territory from the same Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers); it became the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro.
Administrative areas
Territorial components are :
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Befale
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Boende
*
Bokungu
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Djolu
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Ikela
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Monkoto
Monkoto is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in Tshuapa Province.
The village of Monkoto (Coordinates:) is within Monkoto Territory. It is on the Momboyo river
The Momboyo River (french: Rivière Momboyo) is a ...
Notable residents
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Guy Loando Mboyo
Guy Loando Mboyo (born February 5, 1983) is a lawyer, Congolese politician and a member of the Senate of Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2019 who was appointed Minister of State in charge of Regional Planning since April 2021. He is the ...
*
Ambroise Boimbo
Ambroise Boimbo (died 1981) was a Congolese citizen who snatched the ceremonial sword of King Baudouin I of Belgium on June 29, 1960, in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa) on the eve of the independence of the Belgian Congo. He was a former soldier ...
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Justin Marie Bomboko
Justin-Marie Bomboko Lokumba Is Elenge (22 September 1928 – 10 April 2014), was a Congolese politician and statesman. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Congo. He served as leader of the Congolese government as chairman of the Coll ...
See also
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Tsuapa Red Colobus
Thollon's red colobus (''Piliocolobus tholloni''), also known as the Tshuapa red colobus, is a species of red colobus monkey from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and lower Republic of the Congo. It is found south of Congo River and west o ...
(Primate Species)
References
Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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