Tshuapa

Tshuapa Province
Province

Coordinates: 00°44′S 19°12′E / 0.733°S 19.200°E / -0.733; 19.200Coordinates: 00°44′S 19°12′E / 0.733°S 19.200°E / -0.733; 19.200
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital	Boende
Government
• Governor	Cypien Lomboto^[1]
Area
• Total	132,940 km² (51,330 sq mi)
Population (2005 est.)
• Total	1,316,855
• Density	9.9/km² (26/sq mi)
Official language	French
National language	Lingala

Tshuapa is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] Its capital is the town of Boende.^[3]

Location

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

Tshuapa was previously administered as a district as part of Équateur province.

Territories are:

↑ "RDC: liste de nouveaux gouverneurs de province élus". Radio Okapi. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
↑ 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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