Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
First-level administrative division of the Democratic Republic of the Congo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Main article: Subdivisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
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Category | 1st-level administrative division of a unitary state |
Location | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Number | 26 provinces (1 is a city-province) |
Populations | 1,250,000 (Bas-Uele) – 13,916,000 (Kinshasa) |
Areas | 9,545 km2 (3,685 sq mi) (Kasaï-Oriental) – 199,567 km2 (77,053 sq mi) (Tshopo) |
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