Kasaï-Central is one of the 21 new

provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Article 2 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo divides the country into the capital city of Kinshasa and 25 named provinces. It also gives the capital the status of a province. Therefore, in many contexts Kinshasa is ...

created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kasaï-Central and Kasaï provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former

Kasaï-Occidental Kasaï-Occidental (French for "Western Kasai"; lua, Kasai Wa Mubuelu) was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Kasaï-Central and the Kasaï provinces. History T ...

province. Kasaï-Central was formed from the

Lulua district Lulua District (french: District de la Lulua) was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city of Kananga (formerly known as Luluabourg) was at the center of the district, but had a separate administration. I ...

and the independently administered city of

Kananga Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital city of the Kasai-Central Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was the capital of the former Kasaï-Occidental Province. It is the fourth most populous urban ar ...

which retained its status as a provincial capital. The new province's territory corresponds to the historic Luluabourg Province which existed in the early period after

independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

between 1963 and 1966. Within this province, there are 5 territories which are named: # Demba 4. Kazumba # Dibaya 5. Luiza # Dimbelenge

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01 Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRCongo-geo-stub

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