Équateur (former province)

Équateur (French for "Equator") was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the new, smaller Équateur province, as well as the Tshuapa, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi and Sud-Ubangi provinces.

This article is about the former province of the DRC. For the present-day province, see Province of Équateur.
For other uses, see Equator (disambiguation). For the equator, see Equator. For the country, see Ecuador.
Équateur Province

Province de l'Équateur
Former province of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo
CapitalMbandaka
Largest cityMbandaka
Government
 • GovernorJosé Makila Sumanda
Area
 • Total403,292 km2 (155,712 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 est.)
 • Total7,501,902
 • Density19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Equatorian
Official languageFrench
National languageLingala
Websiteequateur.cd

Located in the north of the country, the province bordered the Republic of the Congo to the west, the Central African Republic to the north, to the east the Orientale province, and to the south the Kasai-Oriental, Kasai-Occidental, and Bandundu provinces.[1] The word "Équateur" is French for the Equator, which lies less than 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the provincial capital of Mbandaka, a city on the Congo River.

History

1962 Équateur Province was split into Cuvette-Centrale Province, Moyen-Congo Province and Ubangi Province.

In 2015 when it was split under the terms of the 2006 Constitution, it formed five new provinces:[2]

Nord-Ubangi, consisting of 56.644 km², with its capital at the city of Gbadolite
Mongala, consisting of 58.141 km², with its capital at the city of Lisala
Sud-Ubangi, consisting of 51.648 km², with its capital at the city of Gemena
Équateur, consisting of 103.902 km², with its capital at the city of Mbandaka
Tshuapa, consisting of 132.957 km², with its capital at the city of Boende

Divisions

The province is divided into the cities of Mbandaka, Gbadolite and Zongo and the districts of Équateur, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, Mongala and Tshuapa.

NameDistrictTerritoryPop. 2010[3]Coordinates[3]
BasankusuÉquateur DistrictBasankusu Territory27,4921°14′N 19°48′E
BefaleTshuapa DistrictBefale Territory3,7230°28′N 20°58′E
BikoroÉquateur DistrictBikoro Territory7,1280°45′S 18°07′E
BingaMongala DistrictBinga Territory64,6392°24′N 20°25′E
BoendeTshuapa DistrictBoende Territory33,7650°13′S 20°52′E
BokunguTshuapa DistrictBokungu Territory7,8290°41′S 22°19′E
BolombaÉquateur DistrictBolomba Territory4,2520°29′N 19°12′E
BomongoÉquateur DistrictBomongo Territory4,7841°22′N 18°21′E
BongandangaMongala DistrictBongandanga Territory3,6481°31′N 21°03′E
BosoboloNord-Ubangi DistrictBosobolo Territory12,9324°11′N 19°53′E
BudjalaSud-Ubangi DistrictBudjala Territory21,2592°39′N 19°42′E
BumbaMongala DistrictBumba Territory103,3282°11′N 22°28′E
BusingaNord-Ubangi DistrictBusinga Territory32,5903°20′N 20°52′E
GbadoliteNord-Ubangi District(city)48,0834°17′N 21°01′E
GemenaSud-Ubangi DistrictGemena Territory132,9713°16′N 19°46′E
IkelaTshuapa DistrictIkela Territory15,2141°11′S 23°16′E
IngendeÉquateur DistrictIngende Territory3,9510°15′S 18°57′E
KunguSud-Ubangi DistrictKungu Territory7,7382°47′N 19°12′E
LibengeSud-Ubangi DistrictLibenge Territory23,9623°40′N 18°37′E
LisalaMongala DistrictLisala Territory79,2352°08′N 21°31′E
LukolelaÉquateur DistrictLukolela Territory15,2301°03′S 17°12′E
MbandakaÉquateur District(city)324,2360°02′N 18°16′E
Mobayi-MbongoNord-Ubangi DistrictMobayi-Mbongo Territory5,4134°18′N 21°11′E
MonkotoTshuapa DistrictMonkoto Territory8,6401°38′S 20°39′E
YakomaNord-Ubangi DistrictYakoma Territory11,7204°06′N 22°26′E
ZongoSud-Ubangi District(city)32,5164°21′N 18°36′E

Education

References
  1. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Kinshasa)". Statoids. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  3. "Équateur: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13.

Bibliography
  • Konda ku Mbuta, A. et al. (2012); Plantes medicinales de traditions - Province de l'Equateur, R.D. Congo; I.R.S.S. Kinshasa; ISBN 978-0-9554208-5-6; 419 pp.



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