Équateur

Équateur Province Province de l'Équateur
Province

Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital	Mbandaka
Largest city	Mbandaka
Government
• Governor	Tony Cassius Bolamba^[1]
Area
• Total	103,902 km² (40,117 sq mi)
Area rank	11th
Population (2005 est.)
• Total	1,626,606
• Rank	22nd
• Density	16/km² (41/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Equatorian
Official language	French
National language	Lingala
Website	equateur.cd

Équateur 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 Équateur District and the independently administered city of Mbandaka. Both were part of the larger pre-2015 former Équateur 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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