Équateur (former province)

Équateur Province Province de l'Équateur
Former province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital	Mbandaka
Largest city	Mbandaka
Government
• Governor	José Makila Sumanda
Area
• Total	403,292 km2 (155,712 sq mi)
Population (2010 est.)
• Total	7,501,902
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Equatorian
Official language	French
National language	Lingala
Website	equateur.cd

Équateur (French for "Equator") was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the new, smaller Équateur province, as well as the Tshuapa, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi and Sud-Ubangi provinces.

Located in the north of the country, the province bordered the Republic of the Congo to the west, the Central African Republic to the north, to the east the Orientale province, and to the south the Kasai-Oriental, Kasai-Occidental, and Bandundu provinces.^[1] The word "Équateur" is French for the Equator, which lies less than 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the provincial capital of Mbandaka, a city on the Congo River.

History

1962 Équateur Province was split into Cuvette-Centrale Province, Moyen-Congo Province and Ubangi Province.

Divisions

The province is divided into the cities of Mbandaka, Gbadolite and Zongo and the districts of Équateur, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, Mongala and Tshuapa.

Education

• University of Mbandaka

References

1. ↑ Blaes, X. (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). PNUD-SIG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2011-12-09. 
2. 1 2 "Équateur: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. 

Bibliography

• Konda ku Mbuta, A. et al. (2012); Plantes medicinales de traditions - Province de l'Equateur, R.D. Congo; I.R.S.S. Kinshasa; ISBN 978-0-9554208-5-6; 419 pp.