Tshuapa

This article is about the current province. For the river, see Tshuapa River. For the former district, see Tshuapa District.

Tshuapa Province de la Tshuapa (French)
Province
Salonga National Park
Seal
Coordinates: 00°44′S 19°12′E
Country	DR Congo
Established	2015
Named for	Tshuapa River
Capital	Boende
Government
• Governor	Armand Yambe[1]
Area
• Total	132,940 km^2 (51,330 sq mi)
Population  (2020 est.)
• Total	1,944,500
• Density	15/km^2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
License Plate Code	CGO / 26
Official language	French
National language	Lingala
Website	https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064006181735

Tshuapa is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Tshuapa, Équateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, and Sud-Ubangi provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province.^[2] Tshuapa was formed from the Tshuapa District whose town of Boende was elevated to capital city of the new province.^[3]

Location

The province is named for the Tshuapa River. It is situated in the north-west of the country, on the Congo River.

History

• Tshuapa was previously administered as a district as part of Équateur province.
• On 1924.02.11, the Catholic mission established the Apostolic Prefecture of Tsuapa here, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers. Later, it was renamed on

1926.01.28 as Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville / de Coquilhatville (Latin). Having gained territory from the same Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers); it became the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro.

Administrative areas

Territorial components are:

• Befale
• Boende
• Bokungu
• Djolu
• Ikela
• Monkoto

Notable residents

See also: Category:People from Tshuapa

• Guy Loando Mboyo
• Ambroise Boimbo
• Justin Marie Bomboko

See also

• Tsuapa Red Colobus (Primate Species)

References

1. "Tshuapa: les ressortissants veulent faire de la province un pilier du développement durable en Afrique centrale". DRCActu.cd (in French). 31 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
2. "Découpage territorial : procédures d'installation de nouvelles provinces". Radio Okapi (in French). 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
3. "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.