Mongala is one of the 21
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
Nord-Ubangi (French for "North Ubangi") is one of the 21 newest provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Nord-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dis ...
,
Sud-Ubangi, and
Tshuapa
Tshuapa is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the Subdivisions of the DR Congo#New provinces, 2015 repartitioning. Tshuapa, Équateur Province, Équateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, and Sud-Ubangi provinces are ...
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, formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third-largest river in the world list of rivers by discharge, by discharge volume, following the Amazon Ri ...
, and borders the provinces of
Tshopo
Tshopo is one of the 21 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-Uele, ...
, Bas-Uele, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, Équateur and Tshuapa.
It is divided into three territories:
*
Bongandanga
*
Bumba, major town and site of a former secessionist state (1963) in the province.
*
Lisala
The province includes the village of
Yambuku
Yambuku is a small village in Mongala, Mongala Province in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was the center of the first documented outbreak of Ebola, Ebola virus disease, in 1976, with the World Health Organization identifying a man fr ...
.
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
** (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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