Kwilu
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Key facts
- Country
- DR Congo
- Established
- 2015 ( 2015 )
- Named after
- Kwilu River
- Capital
- Bandundu
- Largest city
- Kikwit
- Governor
- Philippe Akamituna
- Total
- 78,219 km (30,201 sq mi)
- Density
- 88.190/km (228.41/sq mi)
- Native
- Bayanzi • Basuku • Badinga • Bakwese • Basonde • Babunda • Bapende • Balunda • Bahuana • Bambala • Bateke
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( WAT )
- License plate code
- CGO / 12
- Official language
- French
- National language
- Kikongo ya leta
- Website
- https://kwiluprovince.com/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 6682300
- Area
- 78219
- Image
- Au bord de la rivère Kwilu à Bandundu.jpg
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Kwilu is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is one of the 21 provinces created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kwilu, Kwango, and Mai-Ndombe provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Bandundu province. Kwilu was formed from the Kwilu district and the independently administered cities of Bandundu and Kikwit. Bandundu is the provincial capital. The 2024 population was estimated to be 6,898,105.
The province takes its name from the Kwilu River, which crosses it from the southeast to the northwest.
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