Kongo Central

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Kongo Central (Template:Langx[1][2]), formerly Bas-Congo, is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3] Its capital is Matadi.

History

At the time of independence, the area now encompassing Kongo Central was part of the greater province of Léopoldville, along with the capital city of Kinshasa and the districts of Kwango, Kwilu and Mai-Ndombe. Under Belgian colonial rule, the province was known as Bas-Congo (as in "Lower Congo River") and was renamed Kongo Central after independence.[4][5]

Under the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko from 1965 to 1997, the Congo river was renamed as Zaire. The province was named as Bas-Zaïre. The name was later reverted to Bas-Congo. It was subsequently renamed as Kongo Central in 2015.

Geography

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Landscape of Kongo Central

Kongo Central is the only province in the country with an ocean coastline; it has narrow frontage on the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It borders the city-province of Kinshasa to the north-east, the province of Kwango to the east, and the Republic of Angola to the south as well as the Republic of the Congo and Cabinda to the north.

The lower Congo River traverses the province from the north-east to the south-west. It is navigable from the Atlantic Ocean to the port city of Matadi after which there are a series of rapids that make it unnavigable until the Malebo Pool.

Divisions

The provincial capital is Matadi, with Boma being the other official city. The remainder of the province is administratively divided into ten territories, the most of any province:[6]

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Before 2015 these territories were divisions of the Bas-Fleuve, Cataractes and Lukaya districts; except for Moanda, which was attached to Boma (a city/district hybrid).[7]

Towns with their 2010 populations are:

Name Former District Territory Pop. 2010[8] Coordinates[8]
Boma – – 167,326 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Inga Bas-Fleuve Tshela 10,417 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Inkisi Lukaya Kasangulu 77,797 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Kasangulu Lukaya Kasangulu 30,724 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Kimpese Cataractes Songololo 53,660 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Kimvula Lukaya Kimvula Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Kinzau-Mvuete Bas-Fleuve Tshela 17,870 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Lukula Bas-Fleuve Lukula 31,394 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Luozi Cataractes Luozi 13,258 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Madimba Lukaya Madimba Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Matadi – – 291,338 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Mbanza-Ngungu Cataractes Mbanza-Ngungu 97,037 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Muanda Boma Muanda 86,896 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Seke-Banza Bas-Fleuve Seke-Banza 6,015 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Songololo Cataractes Songololo 12,382 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Tshela Bas-Fleuve Tshela 45,588 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".

Notable people from Kongo Central

Citations

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  1. ↑ M. J. Hambrey and W. B. Harland, Earth's Pre-Pleistocene Glacial Record, Cambridge University Press, 2011, p. 157
  2. ↑ Godefroid Muzalia Kihangu, Bundu dia Kongo, une résurgence des messianismes et de l’alliance des Bakongo?, Universiteit Gent, België, 2011, p. 1
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General and cited references

  • Gillet, J. (1927). Catalogue des plantes du jardin d'essais de la mission de Kisantu. Brussels. 166 pp.
  • Kibungu Kembelo, A. O. (2004). Plantes medicinales du Bas-Congo et leurs usages. DFID. 197 pp.
  • Latham, P. (2003) Edible Caterpillars and Their Food Plants in Bas-Congo. Mystole Publications. Template:ISBN, 60 pp.
  • Latham, P. (2004). Useful Plants of Bas-Congo Province. DFID. Template:ISBN, 320 pp.
  • Latham, P. (2008). Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo DFID. Template:ISBN, 44 pp.
  • Latham, P. et Konda ku Mbuta, A. (2010). Plantes utiles du Bas-Congo. Mystole Publications. Template:ISBN, 372 pp.
  • Latham, P. et Konda ku Mbuta, A. (2011). Some Honeybee Plants of Bas-Congo Province. DFID. Template:ISBN, 248 pp.
  • Latham, P. & Konda ku Mbuta, A. (2014). Useful plants of Bas-Congo province. Template:ISBN, 553 pp.
  • Pauwels, L. (1993). Nzayilu N'ti – guide des arbres et arbustes de la région de Kinshasa – Brazzaville. Meise. Template:ISBN, 495 pp.

External links

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