Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo information
First-level administrative division of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Main article: Subdivisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Provinces de la République démocratique du Congo(French)
Also known as:
Mikoa ya Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo(Swahili) Bitúká bya Kongó-Kinsásá(Lingala)
Category
1st-level administrative division of a unitary state
Location
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Number
26 provinces (1 is a city-province)
Populations
1,250,000 (Bas-Uele) – 13,916,000 (Kinshasa)
Areas
9,545 km2 (3,685 sq mi) (Kasaï-Oriental) – 199,567 km2 (77,053 sq mi) (Tshopo)
Government
Provincial government
Subdivisions
Territory and City (Commune in Kinshasa)
Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Constitution
Human rights
Government
President (list)
Félix Tshisekedi
Government
Prime Minister (list)
Sama Lukonde (outgoing) Judith Suminwa (incoming)
Cabinet
(current cabinet)
Parliament
Senate
President
National Assembly
President
Judiciary
Constitutional Court
Court of Cassation
Council of State
Administrative divisions
Provinces (governors)
Territories
Cities
Sectors
Chiefdoms
Communes
Elections
Recent and upcoming elections
General: 2018
2023
Senate: 2007
2019
2024
Gubernatorial: 2016
2017
2024
Political parties
Foreign relations
Ministry of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Minister: Christophe Lutundula
Diplomatic missions of / in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Passport
Visa requirements
Visa policy
United Nations Mission
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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.[1] Therefore, in many contexts Kinshasa is regarded as the 26th province.
^"Constitution de la Republique Democratique du Congo" [The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo] (PDF). LEGANET.CD (in French). 20 January 2011. Article 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 11 Jan 2020.
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