Tshuapa
Province de la Tshuapa (
French) | |
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Coordinates: 00°44′S 19°12′E / 0.733°S 19.200°E | |
Country | DR Congo |
Established | 2015 |
Named for | Tshuapa River |
Capital | Boende |
Government | |
• Governor | Pancrace Boongo Nkoy [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 132,940 km2 (51,330 sq mi) |
Population (2020 est.) | |
• Total | 1,944,500 |
• Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( WAT) |
License Plate Code | CGO / 26 |
Official language | French |
National language | Lingala |
Website | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064006181735 |
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]
The province is named for the Tshuapa River. It is situated in the north-west of the country, on the Congo River.
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.
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