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Subdivisions Of The Republic Of The Congo
The Republic of the Congo is divided into 15 departments since the adoption of the corresponding laws in October 2024. Departments are divided into communes and/or districts;With inconsistent figures: * Thsite of the Presidency of the Republic of Congo lists 11 departments, 7 communes, and 76 districts. * The 200Statistical Yearbook of the Congolists 12 departments, 6 communes, and 85 districts * A list of subprefects (higher representatives of State in a district) nominated in December 2008 lists 86 districts. See * Finally, the good figures seem to come fro 12 departments, 7 communes, and 86 districts which are further subdivided into urban communities (communautés urbaines) and rural communities (communautés rurales); which are further subdivided into quarters or neighborhoods (quartiers) and villages. The departments are: * Brazzaville * Bouenza * Congo-Oubangui * Cuvette * Cuvette-Ouest * Djoué-Léfini * Kouilou * Lékoumou * Likouala * Niari * Nkéni-Alima * Plat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of The Congo
The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a country located on the western coast of Central Africa to the west of the Congo River. It is bordered to the west by Gabon, to the northwest by Cameroon, to the northeast by the Central African Republic, to the southeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south by the Angolan exclave of Cabinda Province, Cabinda, and to the southwest by the Atlantic Ocean. The region was dominated by Bantu peoples, Bantu-speaking tribes at least 3,000 years ago, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. From the 13th century, the present-day territory was dominated by a confederation led by Vungu which included Kakongo and Ngoyo. Kingdom of Loango, Loango emerged in the 16th century. In the late 19th century France colonised the region and incorporated it into French Equato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Likouala Department
Likouala is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the northern part of the country. It borders the departments of Cuvette and Sangha, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. The region has an area of 66,044 km² and an estimated population of almost 360,000. The chief town is Impfondo. Principal cities and towns include Epena and Dongou. History The earliest inhabitants of the region were the Aka people, a Pygmy tribe. During the Bantu expansion, they were pushed into the forests by newcomers. Historically, this department was cut off from part of Lobaye, an area of the Central African Republic. Between 1984 and 2002 the population of Likouala Department more than tripled, due in large part to inflows of refugees from the Central African Republic, Rwanda, and the DRC. During this period, refugees made up more than half of the population, mostly concentrated in Impfondo and Betou. Administrative divisions Lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subdivisions Of The Republic Of The Congo
The Republic of the Congo is divided into 15 departments since the adoption of the corresponding laws in October 2024. Departments are divided into communes and/or districts;With inconsistent figures: * Thsite of the Presidency of the Republic of Congo lists 11 departments, 7 communes, and 76 districts. * The 200Statistical Yearbook of the Congolists 12 departments, 6 communes, and 85 districts * A list of subprefects (higher representatives of State in a district) nominated in December 2008 lists 86 districts. See * Finally, the good figures seem to come fro 12 departments, 7 communes, and 86 districts which are further subdivided into urban communities (communautés urbaines) and rural communities (communautés rurales); which are further subdivided into quarters or neighborhoods (quartiers) and villages. The departments are: * Brazzaville * Bouenza * Congo-Oubangui * Cuvette * Cuvette-Ouest * Djoué-Léfini * Kouilou * Lékoumou * Likouala * Niari * Nkéni-Alima * Plat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pointe-Noire
Pointe-Noire (; , with the letter d following French spelling standards) is the second largest city in the Republic of the Congo, following the capital of Brazzaville, and an autonomous department and a commune since the 2002 Constitution. Before this date it was the capital of the Kouilou region (now a separate department). It is situated on a headland between Pointe-Noire Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Pointe-Noire is the main commercial centre of the country and had a population of 1,420,612 inhabitants in 2023. The coat of arms The coat of arms of the city of Pointe-Noire is: ''"Gold at the point of sand accompanied by two silver oars, the handle gules, laid in chevron poured, the tip and oars moving from a sea of azure wavy three streams of silver"'' Administration Pointe-Noire is a commune divided into six urban boroughs (''arrondissements''): * Lumumba, the oldest area. It is the administrative and commercial centre. * Mvoumvou * Tié-Tié * Loandjili * Mongo-Mp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangha Department (Republic Of The Congo)
Sangha is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the northern part of the country. It borders the departments of Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, and Likouala, and internationally, Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic. The regional capital is Ouésso. Principal towns include Sembé and Souanké. Administrative divisions Sangha Department is divided into one commune and six districts: Districts # Mokéko District # Sembé District # Souanké District # Pikounda District # N'gbala District N'gbala is a Districts of the Republic of the Congo, district in the Sangha Department (Republic of the Congo), Sangha Department of Republic of the Congo. References Sangha Department (Republic of the Congo) Districts of the Republic o ... # Kabo District Communes # Ouésso Commune References External links The region's nature reserve system [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pool Department
Pool () is a Departments of the Republic of the Congo, department of the Republic of the Congo in the southeastern part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza Department, Bouenza, Lékoumou Department, Lékoumou, and Plateaux Department, Congo, Plateaux. Internationally, it borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It also surrounds the commune district of the national capital, Brazzaville. The regional capital is Kinkala. Principal towns include Boko, Republic of the Congo, Boko, Kindamba and Mindouli, Pool, Mindouli. In the early 2000s, the Pool region was the home of a low-level insurgency led by Pasteur Ntumi. The inhabitants of this department are the Kongo people, Kongo, the Teke people, Téké and the African Pygmies, Native population (Pygmies). The region is named after the Pool Malebo (formerly Stanley Pool), a particularly wide stretch of the Congo River here. Administrative divisions Pool Department is divided into thirteen districts: # Kinkal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plateaux Department (Republic Of The Congo)
Plateaux is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the central part of the country. It borders the departments of Cuvette, Cuvette Ouest, Lékoumou and Pool, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the east and Gabon on the west. The regional capital is Djambala Djambala is a town and a commune, administrative center of Djambala District and of Plateaux Department in the Republic of Congo. Located near the Léfini Faunal Reserve, Djambala had a population of 24,734 in 2023, the date of the country's l .... Principal cities and towns include Gamboma and Lekana. Administrative divisions Plateaux Department is divided into eleven districts: Districts # Djambala District # Lekana District # Gamboma District # Abala District # Allembé District # Makotimpoko District # Mbon District # Mpouya District # Ngo District # Ollombo District # Ongogni District References Republic of the Congo at GeoHive {{RCongo-geo-stub Depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niari Department
Niari (can also be written as ''Niadi'') is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the western part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Kouilou, and Lékoumou, and internationally, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Cabinda portion of Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c .... The regional capital is Dolisie. Administrative divisions According to an administrational reorganisation of 2012, Niari Department is divided into fourteen districts and two ''communes'' not belonging to any district: Districts # Louvakou District # Kibangou District # Divénié District # Mayoko District # Kimongo District # Moutamba District # Banda District # Londéla–Kayes District # Makabana District # Mbinda District # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lékoumou Department
Lékoumou (can also be written as Lekumu) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southern part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Niari, Plateaux, Pool, and the nation of Gabon. The regional capital is Sibiti. Principal cities and towns include Komono and Zanaga. Administrative divisions Lékoumou Department is divided into five districts: Districts # Sibiti District # Komono District # Zanaga District # Bambama District # Mayéyé District Economy Subsistence farming, carried out by small producers (cassava, peanuts, tarots, plantain, squash, sorrel, ginger, artisanal palm oil Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 36% of global oils produced from o ...), and arboriculture (safoutiers, mango trees, bananas) are the main agricultural activities. The timbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of The Republic Of The Congo
The Republic of the Congo is divided into 15 departments since the adoption of the corresponding laws in October 2024. These departments replaced former regions (''régions'', singular ''région'') in 2002: These regions are subdivided into more than Districts of the Republic of the Congo, 100 districts and Communes of the Republic of the Congo, 16 communes; which are further subdivided into urban communities (communautés urbaines) and rural communities (communautés rurales); which are further subdivided into quarters or neighborhoods (quartiers) and villages. See also * Communes of the Republic of the Congo * Districts of the Republic of the Congo * ISO 3166-2:CG References External links Congo Departments at Statoids.com {{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of African countries Departments of the Republic of the Congo, Subdivisions of the Republic of the Congo Lists of administrative divisions, Congo, Republic of, Departments Administrative di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kouilou Department
Kouilou ( ) is a department of the Republic of the Congo. Covering the country's coastline, it has an area of 13,650 square kilometres and at the start of 2023 it was home to about 97,362 people. The department borders Niari Department, the commune of Pointe-Noire, and internationally, Gabon and the Cabinda area of Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c .... Since 2011 the town of Loango has been the capital of the Kouilou department. Before, the capital was Hinda (see "Villages and towns" part). ''Kouilou'' is also the name of a river, the Kouilou-Niari River. Administrative divisions Kouilou Department is divided into six districts: Districts # Hinda District # Madingo-Kayes District # Mvouti District # Kakamoeka District # Nzambi District # L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
