Kasai-Oriental
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Kasaï-Oriental (French for "East Kasai") is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kasaï-Oriental, Lomami, and Sankuru provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Oriental province. Kasaï-Oriental was formed from the Tshilenge district and the independently administered city of Mbuji-Mayi which retained its status as a provincial capital.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kasaï-Oriental
- Settlement.native_name
- Province du Kasaï Oriental (French)
- Settlement.type
- Province
- Settlement.named_for
- Kasai River
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Rivière LUBILANJI au Kasaï-oriental.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the Sankuru River
- Settlement.image_seal
- Emblem of Kasai Oriental Province.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 provinces) - Kasaï-Oriental.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Ethnic groups
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Native
- Settlement.demographics1_info1
- Luba-Kasaï(Baluba) • Basongye
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.seat
- Mbuji-Mayi
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 9545
- Settlement.area_rank
- 26th
- Settlement.leader_title
- Governor
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Kasaï-Oriental (French for "East Kasai") is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kasaï-Oriental, Lomami, and Sankuru provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Oriental province. Kasaï-Oriental was formed from the Tshilenge district and the independently administered city of Mbuji-Mayi which retained its status as a provincial capital.
The new province's territory corresponds to most of the historic Sud-Kasaï province which existed in the early period after independence between 1963 and 1966.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kasai-Oriental” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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