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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 number of seats allocated to a city in the National Assembly and the Provincial Assembly is one measure of its relative political importance nationally and within its province respectively. In 2018 cities accounted for 27% of the electorate, or 16% when Kinshasa is excluded. [11]
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]
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.
Équateur (five northwestern districts), Orientale Province and Katanga (previous vice-governments). [3] In 1932, the colony was reorganised into six provinces. Initially they were named after their capital cities, but in 1947 regional names were adopted. [3] The Belgian Congo became an independent country in 1960, named Republic of the Congo.
The communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are administrative divisions of both cities and territories. They are led by government appointed burgomasters (fr. bourgmestres ) and are further divided into quarters (fr. quartiers ) and embedded groupings (fr. groupements incorporé ).
Pages in category "Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .