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Map of Republic of the Congo. This is a list of cities and towns in the Republic of the Congo with population of 4,000 or more, according to 2023 census. [1] [2 ...
This is a list of places, mostly cities and towns, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without regard to their official status. Administrative units [ edit ]
The 25 provinces of DR Congo are divided into 33 cities (fr. villes, sing.ville) and 145 territories (fr. territoires, sing. territoire). [1] Each provincial division is also a constituency of the National Assembly as well as of the Provincial Assembly of its province.
The Republic of the Congo is divided into 12 départements (départements). Departments are divided into communes and/or districts; [1] which are further subdivided into urban communities (communautés urbaines) and rural communities (communautés rurales); which are further subdivided into quarters or neighborhoods (quartiers) and villages.
Under the old organization the six former provinces were divided into districts and cities. The districts were further divided into territories. Each new province was created from the territories of one or two districts, adding any enclosed cities and—if necessary—making the new capital a city. The following table gives the complete details.
The Departments of the Republic of the Congo are divided into 86 districts and 6 communes; which are further subdivided into urban communities (communautés urbaines) and rural communities (communautés rurales); which are further subdivided into quarters or neighborhoods (quartiers) and villages.
Those three provinces and all other districts were divided into territories. Most provinces also included cities, which were independent of the districts; in turn those were divided into communes. Districts and cities, other than the capital city of Kinshasa, and their territories or communes consist of the following: [5]
When Belgium annexed the Belgian Congo as a colony in November 1908, it was initially organised into 22 districts. Ten western districts were administered directly by the main colonial government, while the eastern part of the colony was administered under two vice-governments: eight northeastern districts formed Orientale Province, and four southeastern districts formed Katanga.