Kasaï-Central

Kasaï-Central
Province

Coordinates: 5°54′S 21°27′E / 5.900°S 21.450°E / -5.900; 21.450Coordinates: 5°54′S 21°27′E / 5.900°S 21.450°E / -5.900; 21.450
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital	Kananga
Largest city	Kananga
Government
• Governor	Alex Kande^[1]
Area
• Total	59,111 km² (22,823 sq mi)
Area rank	19th
Population (2006 est.)
• Total	2,976,806
• Rank	8th
• Density	50/km² (130/sq mi)
Official language	French
National language	Tshiluba

Kasaï-Central 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 Lulua District and the independently administered city of Kananga, both previously part of the pre-2015 Kasaï-Occidental province. The capital of the province is Kananga.

The new province's territory corresponds to the historic Luluabourg Province that existed the early period of post-colonial Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1963 and 1966.

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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