Kasaï-Central is one of the 21

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. Kasaï-Central and Kasaï provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former

Kasaï-Occidental Kasaï-Occidental ( French for "Western Kasai"; ) was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Kasaï-Central and the Kasaï provinces. History The province of Kasa� ...

province. Kasaï-Central was formed from the Lulua district and the independently administered city of

Kananga Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital Cities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, city of the Kasai-Central, Kasai-Central Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was the capital of the former Kasaï ...

which retained its status as a provincial capital. The 2024 population was estimated to be 4,211,190. The new province's territory corresponds to the historic Luluabourg Province which existed in the early period after

independence Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of ...

between 1963 and 1966. Within this province, there are 5 territories which are named: # Demba # Dibaya # Dimbelenge # Kazumba # Luiza

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

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