Regions in Democratic Republic of the Congo
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You can sort the regions in Democratic Republic of the Congo alphabeticallyby population by capitals of the regionsby capitals population
Primary administrative regions in Democratic Republic of the Congo
There are 26 regions in Democratic Republic of the Congo in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Equateur Province de l’Équateur | 1. | 7,500,000 | Mbandaka Mbandaka | 184,185 |
Kasai-Oriental East Kasai | 2. | 6,500,000 | Mbuji-Mayi Mbuji-Mayi | 874,761 |
Kwilu Kwilu | 3. | 5,174,718 | Bandundu Bandundu | 118,211 |
Nord Kivu Province du Nord-Kivu | 4. | 4,908,824 | Goma Goma | 144,124 |
Ituri Ituri | 5. | 4,241,236 | Bunia Bunia | 96,764 |
Haut-Katanga Province du Haut-Katanga | 6. | 3,960,945 | Lubumbashi Lubumbashi | 1,373,770 |
South Kivu South Kivu Province | 7. | 3,909,135 | Bukavu Bukavu | 225,389 |
Bas-Congo Province du Kongo Central | 8. | 3,802,736 | Matadi Matadi | 180,109 |
Kasai Kasai Province | 9. | 3,200,000 | Luebo Luebo | 35,183 |
Tanganyika Tanganika | 10. | 3,035,852 | - | - |
Kasai-Central Kasaï-Central | 11. | 3,000,000 | Kananga Kananga | 463,546 |
Sud-Ubangi Province du Sud-Ubangi | 12. | 2,744,345 | Gemena Gemena | 117,639 |
Tshopo Tshopo | 13. | 2,614,630 | Kisangani Kisangani | 539,158 |
Haut-Lomami Haut-Lomani | 14. | 2,540,127 | Kamina Kamina | 73,557 |
Lomami Lomami | 15. | 2,048,839 | - | - |
Kwango Kwango | 16. | 1,994,036 | - | - |
Haut-Uele Haut Uele | 17. | 1,920,867 | Isiro Isiro | 127,076 |
Mongala Mongala | 18. | 1,793,564 | - | - |
Mai-Ndombe Mai Ndombe | 19. | 1,768,327 | Inongo Inongo | 40,113 |
Maniema Province du Maniema | 20. | 1,718,257 | Kindu Kindu | 135,698 |
Lualaba Lualaba | 21. | 1,677,288 | - | - |
Nord-Ubangi Province du Nord-Ubangi | 22. | 1,482,076 | Gbadolite Gbadolite | 50,493 |
Sankuru Sankuru | 23. | 1,374,239 | Lusambo Lusambo | 41,416 |
Tshuapa Tshuapa | 24. | 1,316,855 | Boende Boende | 32,091 |
Bas-Uele Bas Uele | 25. | 1,093,845 | Buta Buta | 50,130 |
Kinshasa Kinshasa City | 26. | 164,857 | Kinshasa Kinshasa | 7,785,965 |