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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] List
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 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]
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 ...
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 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.
The district and the cité, previously a division of a province and territory respectively, have been abolished. The cité has been replaced by the commune. In the Congo a commune can now be an urban subdivision of a city, a country town, or in some cases a mostly rural area attached to a city.