Tshopo
Tshopo Province | |
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Province | |
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Coordinates: 0°31′N 25°12′E / 0.517°N 25.200°ECoordinates: 0°31′N 25°12′E / 0.517°N 25.200°E | |
Country |
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Capital | Kisangani |
Government | |
• Governor | Constant Lomata Kongoli[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 199,567 km2 (77,053 sq mi) |
Population (2005 est.) | |
• Total | 2,614,630 |
• Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
Official language | French |
Tshopo is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] It is situated in the northeast of the country on the Tshopo River, for which it is named. Its capital is Kisangani.
Territories
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Cascades of the Tshopo River
The provincial capital is the city of Kisangani. Territories are:[3]
History
From 1963 to 1966, the area was constituted as the province of Haut-Congo. It was merged into Orientale Province in 1966 as, separately, the District of Tshopo and the city of Kisangani. The Presidents (later governors) of Haut-Congo were:
- 1963 – 26 June 1963: Georges Grenfell (b. 1908)
- 26 June 1963 – 1964: Paul Isombuma
- 1964 – August 1964: François Aradjabu
- August 1964 – 5 Nov 1966: Jean Marie Alamazani
Provincial status was re-instated to Tshopo in 2015, being formed from Tshopo District and the city of Kisangani.[4]
Approximate correspondence between historical and current province
Belgian Congo | Republic of the Congo | Zaire | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||||
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1908 | 1919 | 1932 | 1947 | 1963 | 1966 | 1971 | 1988 | 1997 | 2015 |
22 districts | 4 provinces | 6 provinces | 6 provinces | 21 provinces + capital | 8 provinces + capital | 8 provinces + capital | 11 provinces | 11 provinces | 26 provinces |
Bas-Uele | Orientale | Stanleyville | Orientale | Uele | Orientale | Haut-Zaïre | Orientale | Bas-Uele | |
Haut-Uele | Haut-Uele | ||||||||
Ituri | Kibali-Ituri | Ituri | |||||||
Stanleyville | Haut-Congo | Tshopo | |||||||
Aruwimi | |||||||||
Maniema | Costermansville | Kivu | Maniema | Kivu | Maniema | ||||
Lowa | |||||||||
Kivu | Nord-Kivu | Nord-Kivu | |||||||
Kivu-Central | Sud-Kivu |
References
- ↑ "Remise et reprise au Gouvernorat de la province de la Tshopo". mediacongo.net. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ↑ Central Intelligence Agency (2016). "Democratic Republic of the Congo". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ↑ Blaes, X. (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). PNUD-SIG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
- ↑ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.
External links
- Provinceorientale.cd the Government official site for Orientale Province.
- Stanleyville.be City of Kisangani Website.
- Bamanisajean.unblog.fr is Governor Jean Bamanisa's blog site.
- @Prov_orientale Twitter for Orentale Provincial Government
- Facebook Orentale Provincial Government
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