Kwango Province (proposed)

Coordinates: 04°51′S 016°59′E / 4.850°S 16.983°E / -4.850; 16.983

Location of Kwango province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kwango is one of 25 proposed provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution (effective 18 February 2006), under Article 2.[1] It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months (18 February 2009), according to Article 226.[2] As of October 2010, this had not taken place.[3]

It is one of three provinces which was to have been restored from Bandundu province. Kwango existed from 1962 to 1966, prior the creation of Bandundu from the post-colonial political regions of Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe.

The capital of Kwango province is Kenge.[4]

Towns/Territories

References

  1. ↑ "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 2". Wikisource.
  2. ↑ "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 226". Wikisource.
  3. ↑ "The AMP conclave: Another step towards 2011 elections". Congo Siasa.
  4. ↑ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.


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