Tshopo 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. It is situated in the north central part of the country on the

Tshopo River The Tshopo River is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It flows through the north of the city of Kisangani and joins the Lindi River just before that river enters the Congo River. It gives its name to the province of Tshopo. Basin T ...

, for which it is named. Tshopo, Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, and

Ituri Ituri Province ( in Swahili language, Swahili) 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. Ituri, Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, and Tshopo provinces ...

provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Orientale province. Tshopo was formed from the Tshopo district and the independently administered city of

Kisangani Kisangani (), formerly Stanleyville (), is the capital of Tshopo, Tshopo Province, located on the Congo River in the eastern part of the central Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the country's fifth-most populous urban a ...

which retained its status as a provincial capital. The 2020 population was estimated to be 2,829,700.

History

From 1963 to 1966, the area was constituted as the province of Haut-Congo (Upper Congo). It was merged into

Orientale Province Orientale Province () is one of the former provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its predecessors the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo. It went through a series of boundary changes between 1898 and 2015, when it was divided ...

in 1966 as, separately, the District of Tshopo and the city of Kisangani. The Presidents (later governors) of Haut-Congo were: * 1963 – 26 June 1963: Georges Grenfell (b. 1908) * 26 June 1963 – 1964: Paul Isombuma * 1964 – August 1964: François Aradjabu * August 1964 – 5 Nov 1966: Jean Marie Alamazani Provincial status was re-instated to Tshopo in 2015, being formed from Tshopo District and the city of Kisangani.

Approximate correspondence between historical and current province

Territories

The provincial capital is the city of Kisangani. Territories are: *

Bafwasende Bafwasende is a town in the Tshopo Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neig ...

* Banalia *

Basoko Basoko is a town on the Congo River in the Tshopo Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 47,970. Climate Notable people *George Grenfell George Grenfell (21 August 1849, in Sancre ...

Isangi Isangi is a town in the Tshopo Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, headquarters of Isangi Territory. Location Isangi is downstream from Kisangani at the confluence of the Lomami and Congo rivers. There is a road running south fro ...

* Opala *

Ubundu Ubundu, formerly known as Ponthierville or Ponthierstad, is a town located in the Tshopo Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is the administrative center of the territory of the same name. It is on the Lualaba River, or Upper Congo ...

* Yahuma

References

External links

Stanleyville.be
City of Kisangani Website. {{Authority control Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo