Sud-Ubangi

Sud-Ubangi Province
Province

Coordinates: 3°15′N 19°46′E / 3.250°N 19.767°E / 3.250; 19.767Coordinates: 3°15′N 19°46′E / 3.250°N 19.767°E / 3.250; 19.767
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital	Gemena
Area
• Total	51,648 km² (19,941 sq mi)
Population (2005 est.)
• Total	2,744,345
• Density	53/km² (140/sq mi)
Official language	French , Lingala

Sud-Ubangi is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1] It lies in the north of the country on the Ubangi River. Its capital is Gemena.

History

From 1966 to 2015, Sud-Ubangi was administered as a district as part of Équateur Province.

The capital of Sud-Ubangi is the town of Gemena.^[2] The separately administered city of Zongo was to be capital of the new province.

Territories are:

↑ Central Intelligence Agency (2016). "Democratic Republic of the Congo". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
↑ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.

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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