Kasai Province

Kasaï Province
Province

Coordinates: 5°21′S 21°25′E / 5.350°S 21.417°E / -5.350; 21.417Coordinates: 5°21′S 21°25′E / 5.350°S 21.417°E / -5.350; 21.417
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital	Luebo
Largest city	Tshikapa
Government
• Governor	Marc Manyanga^[1]
Area
• Total	95,631 km² (36,923 sq mi)
Area rank	12th
Population (2005 est.)
• Total	3,199,891
• Density	33/km² (87/sq mi)
Official language	French
National language	Tshiluba

Kasai Province is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Specified under Article 2 of the country's 2006 Constitution,^[2] the new province was finally created in 2015 from the eponymous Kasaï District and the independently administered city of Tshikapa, both part of the former Kasaï-Occidental province.

References

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Current provinces	Bas-Uele Équateur Haut-Katanga Haut-Lomami Haut-Uele Ituri Kasaï Kasaï-Central Kasaï-Oriental Kinshasa Kongo Central Kwango Kwilu Lomami Lualaba Mai-Ndombe Maniema Mongala North Kivu Nord-Ubangi Sankuru South Kivu Sud-Ubangi Tanganyika Tshopo Tshuapa

1966–2015	Bandundu Bas-Congo Équateur Kasaï-Occidental Kasaï-Oriental Katanga Kinshasa Maniema North Kivu Orientale South Kivu

1962–66	Cuvette-Centrale Ubangi Moyen-Congo Lomami Luluabourg Sankuru Sud-Kasaï Unité Kasaïenne Lualaba Katanga Oriental Nord-Katanga Kongo Central Kwango Kwilu Mai-Ndombe Maniema Kivu Central Nord-Kivu Kibali-Ituri Uele Haut-Congo

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