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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.
Together with the four unsplit provinces—Bas-Congo (renamed Kongo Central), Maniema, Nord-Kivu, and Sud-Kivu—they make up the twenty-five provinces listed in Article 2 of the Constitution. [3] [4] Under the old organization the six former provinces were divided into districts and cities. The districts were further divided into territories.
The provinces are subdivided into 145 territories and 33 cities. Before 2015, the country had 11 provinces. ... Many sports are played in the DRC, including football ...
The 25 provinces of DR Congo are divided into 145 territories (fr. territoires, sing.territoire) and 33 cities (fr. villes, sing. ville). [1] Each provincial division is also a constituency of the National Assembly as well as of the Provincial Assembly of its province.
The reason given is: uses pre-2015 provinces. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2022) Name Population
The 2006 constitution planned to convert many of the districts into provinces under a decentralization program. However, progress was slow. [1] In October 2007 the Minister for Decentralization, Denis Kalume Numbi, presented a bill for Decentralization in the National Assembly.
2.2.2.1 Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2.2.2.2 Territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
South Kivu (Swahili: Jimbo la Kivu Kusini; French: Sud-Kivu) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). [3] Its capital is Bukavu.. Situated within the Great Rift Valley, South Kivu is bordered by Lake Kivu, Burundi, and Tanzania to the east; Maniema Province to the west; North Kivu Province to the north; and Tanganyika Province to the south.