Tshuapa
Tshuapa
Province de la Tshuapa (French) | |
|---|---|
 | |
|
UTC+1 (WAT) | |
| License Plate Code |  CGO / 26 |
| Official language | French |
| National language | Lingala |
| Website | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064006181735 |
Tshuapa is one of the 21 new
Équateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, and Sud-Ubangi provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province.[2] Tshuapa was formed from the Tshuapa District whose town of Boende was elevated to capital city of the new province.[3]
Location
The province is named for the Tshuapa River. It is situated in the north-west of the country, on the Congo River.
History
- Tshuapa was previously administered as a district as part of Équateur province.
- On 1924.02.11, the Catholic mission established the Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers, but 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 :
Notable residents
- Guy Loando Mboyo
- Ambroise Boimbo
- Justin Marie Bomboko
See also
- Tsuapa Red Colobus(Primate Species)
References
- ^ "Congo (Kinshasa) provinces". Rulers. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Découpage territorial : procédures d'installation de nouvelles provinces". Radio Okapi (in French). 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.
| Authority control databases: Geographic |
|---|
 | This Democratic Republic of the Congo location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |