Tshuapa 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. Tshuapa,

Équateur Équateur, French for equator, may refer to: Places * Province of Équateur, a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2015 * Équateur (former province), a former province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1966–2015 * Équa ...

Mongala Mongala is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Mongala, Équateur, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur pro ...

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 ...

, and

Sud-Ubangi Sud-Ubangi (French for "South Ubangi") is one of the 21 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, Nord-Uba ...

provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province. Tshuapa was formed from the

Tshuapa District Tshuapa District (, ), was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in 1933 in the Coquilhatville Province. At its greatest extent it roughly corresponded to the present provinces of Équateur and Tshuapa. ...

whose town of

Boende Boende is a city and capital of Tshuapa Province, lying on the Tshuapa River, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a river port with riverboats sailing to Kinshasa via Mbandaka and is also home to an airport. As of 2009, it had an estimat ...

was elevated to capital city of the new province.

Location

The province is named for the

Tshuapa River The Tshuapa River or Rivière Tshwapa is a river in Democratic Republic of the Congo, the main tributary of the Busira River. Course The river rises in the south of the Sankuru Nature Reserve and meanders north-northwest to Elinga-Mpango and o ...

. It is situated in the north-west 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 ...

History

* Tshuapa was previously administered as a district as part of Équateur province. * On 1924.02.11, the Catholic mission established the

Apostolic Prefecture of Tsuapa The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro () is the Metropolitan See for the Latin Rite Ecclesiastical province of Mbandaka-Bikoro, in the western part of Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is under the authority of the Congregation for ...

here, on territory split off from the then

Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lisala () is a Latin Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Mbandaka-Bikoro in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, named after its Episcopal see, see, loc ...

. Later, it was renamed on 1926.01.28 as Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville / de Coquilhatville (Latin). Having gained territory from the same Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers); it became the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro.

Administrative areas

Territorial components are: * Befale *

* Bokungu * Djolu *

Ikela Ikela is a market town in Tshuapa, Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Tshuapa River east of Boende. Founded by Belgium in the early twentieth century as a trading post, it became an important local centre. It is the headquarters of the ...

Monkoto Monkoto is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in Tshuapa Province Tshuapa is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Tshuapa, Équateur, Mongala, Nor ...

Notable residents

Guy Loando Mboyo Guy Loando Mboyo (born February 5, 1983) is a lawyer, Congolese politician and a member of the Senate of Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2019 who was appointed Minister of State in charge of Regional Planning since April 2021. He is the Or ...

Ambroise Boimbo Ambroise Boimbo (died 1981) was a Congolese citizen who snatched the ceremonial sword of King Baudouin I of Belgium on June 29, 1960, in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa) on the eve of the independence of the Belgian Congo. He was a former soldier who ...

Justin Marie Bomboko Justin-Marie Bomboko Lokumba Is Elenge (22 September 1928 – 10 April 2014), was a Congolese politician and statesman. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Congo. He served as leader of the Congolese government as chairman of the Co ...

References

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

Location

History

Administrative areas

Notable residents

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