Kongo Central
Template:Short description Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Hatnote list' not found.
Script error: No such module "Settlement short description".Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.Page Template:Infobox settlement/styles.css has no content.
Kongo Central
| |
|---|---|
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. Top-left: Bakongo masks, Top-right: Kimbanguist Temple in Nkamba, Bottom-left: Governor Building in Matadi, Bottom-right: Inga 2 Dam | |
| Page Template:Infobox settlement/columns/styles.css has no content.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. Seal | |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. | |
| Script error: No such module "Infobox mapframe". | |
| Coordinates: Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Country | File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo |
| Capital Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content.and largest city | Matadi |
| Government | |
| • Body | Provincial Assembly of Kongo Central |
| • Governor | Grâce Bilolo[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | Script error: No such module "ConvertIB". |
| Population (2024) | Template:Fix comma category |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | Template:Fix comma category |
| • Density | Script error: No such module "ConvertIB". |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Native: | BaKongo |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (West Africa Time) |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| ISO 3166 code | CD-BC |
| License Plate Code | Template:Flagicon CGO / 10 |
| Official language | French |
| National languages | Kikongo ya Leta, lingala[2] |
| HDI (2023) | 0.521[3]Page Template:Color/styles.css has no content.low |
| Non-national language | Kikongo |
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Page Module:Side box/styles.css has no content.
Kongo Central (Template:Langx[4][5]), formerly Bas-Congo, is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[6] Its capital is Matadi.
History
At the time of independence, the area now encompassing Kongo Central was part of the greater province of Léopoldville, along with the capital city of Kinshasa and the districts of Kwango, Kwilu and Mai-Ndombe. Under Belgian colonial rule, the territory of the current province was a district known as Bas-Congo (as in "Lower Congo River") and was renamed Kongo Central after independence.[7][8]
Under the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko from 1965 to 1997, the Congo river was renamed as Zaire. The province was named as Bas-Zaïre. The name was later reverted to Bas-Congo. It was subsequently renamed as Kongo Central in 2015.
Geography
Kongo Central is the only province in the country with an ocean coastline; it has narrow frontage on the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It borders the city-province of Kinshasa to the north-east, the province of Kwango to the east, and the Republic of Angola to the south as well as the Republic of the Congo and Cabinda to the north. The entire province has a tropical savanna climate by the Köppen-Geiger climate classification.[9]
The lower Congo River traverses the province from the north-east to the south-west. It is navigable from the Atlantic Ocean to the port city of Matadi after which there are a series of rapids that make it unnavigable until the Malebo Pool.
Divisions
The provincial capital is Matadi, with Boma being the other official city. The remainder of the province is administratively divided into ten territories, the most of any province:[10]
Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".
Before 2015 these territories were divisions of the Bas-Fleuve, Cataractes and Lukaya districts; except for Moanda, which was attached to Boma (a city/district hybrid).[11]
Towns with their 2010 populations are:
| Name | Former District | Territory | Pop. 2010[12] | Coordinates[12] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boma | – | – | 167,326 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Inga | Bas-Fleuve | Tshela | 10,417 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Inkisi | Lukaya | Kasangulu | 77,797 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Kasangulu | Lukaya | Kasangulu | 30,724 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Kimpese | Cataractes | Songololo | 53,660 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Kimvula | Lukaya | Kimvula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Kinzau-Mvuete | Bas-Fleuve | Tshela | 17,870 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Lukula | Bas-Fleuve | Lukula | 31,394 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Luozi | Cataractes | Luozi | 13,258 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Madimba | Lukaya | Madimba | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Matadi | – | – | 291,338 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Mbanza-Ngungu | Cataractes | Mbanza-Ngungu | 97,037 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Muanda | Boma | Muanda | 86,896 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Seke-Banza | Bas-Fleuve | Seke-Banza | 6,015 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Songololo | Cataractes | Songololo | 12,382 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Tshela | Bas-Fleuve | Tshela | 45,588 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
Notable people from Kongo Central
- Afonso I of Kongo, the sixth ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo.
- Kudianga Bayokisa, teacher and politician
- Zamenga Batukezanga, writer, was born in Kongo Central.
- Paul Panda Farnana, first Congolese with Belgian diploma of higher education.
- Thomas Kanza, Congolese diplomat. He was one of the first Congolese nationals to graduate from a university.
- Sophie Kanza, first Congolese woman to obtain a university degree; politician and sociologist).
- Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Democratic Republic of the Congo first president.
- Simon Kimbangu, founder of Christian new religious movement Kimbanguism.
- Ray Lema, France-based pianist, guitarist, and songwriter.
- François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi, virtuoso Congolese Rumba guitarist and singer.
- Ne Muanda Nsemi, Bundu dia Kongo leader.
Citations
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ndombasi, Exaucée (26 June 2024). "Grâce Bilolo prend officiellement ses fonctions de Gouverneur du Kongo Central". Voix du Kongo Central (in français). Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kongo-central : le kikongo en voie de disparition, le lingala gagne progressivement du terrain [Enquête]". L'Opinion Info (in français).
Le lingala est fortement utilisé dans les milieux des enfants et des jeunes, tandis que le Kikongo est principalement utilisé chez les vieilles personnes.
[Lingala is used extensively among children and youth, while Kikongo is used primarily among older people.] - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2025-11-13.
- ^ M. J. Hambrey and W. B. Harland, Earth's Pre-Pleistocene Glacial Record, Cambridge University Press, 2011, p. 157
- ^ Godefroid Muzalia Kihangu, Bundu dia Kongo, une résurgence des messianismes et de l’alliance des Bakongo?, Universiteit Gent, België, 2011, p. 1
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Central Intelligence Agency (2016). "Democratic Republic of the Congo". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Constitution de la République Démocratique du Congo du 1er août 1964" [Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo of 1 August 1964]. Global Legal Information Network (in français). 1964. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) (Article 4) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Constitution de la République Démocratique du Congo du 24 juin 1967" [Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo of 24 June 1967]. Global Legal Information Network (in français). 1967. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) (Article 1) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Congo, Dem. Rep. - Country Overview". Climate Knowledge Portal. World Bank. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Institut National de la Statistique–RD Congo (March 2017). Annuaire statistique 2015 [2015 Statistical Yearbook] (PDF) (in français). pp. 8-9 Tableau 1.3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 2 Jan 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Institut National de la Statistique–RD Congo (July 2015). Annuaire statistique 2014 [2014 Statistical Yearbook] (PDF) (in français). pp. 36–38 Tableau 1.5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bas-Congo: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
General and cited references
- Gillet, J. (1927). Catalogue des plantes du jardin d'essais de la mission de Kisantu. Brussels. 166 pp.
- Kibungu Kembelo, A. O. (2004). Plantes medicinales du Bas-Congo et leurs usages. DFID. 197 pp.
- Latham, P. (2003) Edible Caterpillars and Their Food Plants in Bas-Congo. Mystole Publications. Template:ISBN, 60 pp.
- Latham, P. (2004). Useful Plants of Bas-Congo Province. DFID. Template:ISBN, 320 pp.
- Latham, P. (2008). Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo DFID. Template:ISBN, 44 pp.
- Latham, P. et Konda ku Mbuta, A. (2010). Plantes utiles du Bas-Congo. Mystole Publications. Template:ISBN, 372 pp.
- Latham, P. et Konda ku Mbuta, A. (2011). Some Honeybee Plants of Bas-Congo Province. DFID. Template:ISBN, 248 pp.
- Latham, P. & Konda ku Mbuta, A. (2014). Useful plants of Bas-Congo province. Template:ISBN, 553 pp.
- Pauwels, L. (1993). Nzayilu N'ti – guide des arbres et arbustes de la région de Kinshasa – Brazzaville. Meise. Template:ISBN, 495 pp.
External links
- Page Template:Sister-inline/styles.css has no content.Script error: No such module "Sister project logo". Media related to Script error: No such module "Commons link". at Wikimedia Commons
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Authority control/config' not found.
