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The Constitution divides the country into the capital city of Kinshasa and 25 provinces.It also gives the capital the status of a province. [1] The hierarchy of types of administrative division in the province, as set down in other organic law, is as follows: [2]
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.
A territory has at least one commune that is the administrative center and also one or more collectivities (a sector or chiefdom). Unlike its counterpart, the city, or its divisions, the territory is not a juridical person. However, the actions of its authorities are under administrative control and subject to judicial appeal. [4]
Map of DR Congo. 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
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.
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).
The location of the Democratic Republic of the Congo An enlargeable map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Democratic Republic of the Congo – country located in Central Africa. The country is extremely rich in natural resources ...
The capital city of Kinshasa is a one of a kind administrative division due to article 2 of the Constitution which makes it a division of the country and gives it the status of a province. [6] In practice this means that—like a province—it has a provincial government with an elected governor and an Assembly, but—like a city—it is ...