Kasaï 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 and

Kasaï-Central Kasaï-Central is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kasaï-Central and Kasaï provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Occidental province. Kasaï-Ce ...

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 was formed from the

Kasaï district Kasai District (, ) was a district of the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, named after the Kasai River. It was formed around 1885 and went through several large changes in extent in the years that followed. ...

and the independently administered city of

Tshikapa Tshikapa is the capital city of Kasaï Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located north of the Angolan border and west of Kananga at the confluence of the Tshikapa and Kasai rivers. According to records published by th ...

which became the capital of the new province. There are 5 administrative territories within the province, which include: # Dekese # Ilebo # Kamonia (Tshikapa) # Luebo # Mweka

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

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