Tshuapa

Tshuapa

Tshuapa

Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This article is about the current province. For the river, see Tshuapa River. For the former district, see Tshuapa District.

Tshuapa is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Tshuapa, Équateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, and Sud-Ubangi provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province.[2] Tshuapa was formed from the Tshuapa District whose town of Boende was elevated to capital city of the new province.[3]

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Location

The province is named for the Tshuapa River. It is situated in the north-west of the country, on the Congo River.

History

1926.01.28 as Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville / de Coquilhatville (Latin), having gained territory from the same Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers); it became the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro.

Administrative areas

Territorial components are :

Notable residents

See also: Category:People from Tshuapa

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Congo (Kinshasa) provinces". Rulers. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Découpage territorial : procédures d'installation de nouvelles provinces". Radio Okapi (in French). 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.



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