Mongala 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. Mongala,
Équateur,
Nord-Ubangi,
Sud-Ubangi
Sud-Ubangi (French for "South Ubangi") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. It lies in the northwest of the country on the Ubangi River.
Sud-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, No ...
, and
Tshuapa
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 Équate ...
provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the
former Équateur province. Mongala was formed from the
Mongala District whose town of
Lisala was elevated to capital city of the new province.
Location
Mongala is located at the northwest of the country on the
Congo River
The Congo River ( kg, Nzâdi Kôngo, french: Fleuve Congo, pt, Rio Congo), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharge ...
, and borders the provinces of
Tshopo
Tshopo is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. It is situated in the north central part of the country on the Tshopo River, for which it is named.
Tshopo, Bas-Uele, Haut-Ue ...
, Bas-Uele, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, Équateur and Tshuapa.
It is divided into three territories:
*
Bongandanga
Bongandanga is a small town in Mongala Province
Mongala is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Mongala, Équateur, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the re ...
*
Bumba, major town and site of a former secessionist state (1963) in the province.
*
Lisala
The province includes the village of
Yambuku.
History
From 1963–1966, Mongala Province was known as Moyen-Congo. However, under Mobutu, the province was reintegrated into the former Équateur province where it was administered as Mongala District, until 2015.
Presidents (later governors) of the Moyen-Congo province were:
* 6 April 1963 – June 1964
Laurent Eketebi
Laurent-Gabriel Eketebi, later Eketebi Moyidiba Mondjolomba (13 May 1936 – February 2006), was a Congolese politician who served as President of Équateur Province from June 1960 until September 1962 and as President of Moyen-Congo Province f ...
** (de facto from 15 September 1962)
* April 1963 – 30 July 1963 Denis Akundji
** (president of secessionist province of Bumba)
* 23 June 1964 – 10 August 1965 Augustin Engwanda
* 10 August 1965 – 25 April 1966 Denis Sakombi (born 1929, died 1985)
References
Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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