Kasaï-Central

Kasaï-Central
Province
Coordinates: 5°54′S 21°27′E / 5.900°S 21.450°E / -5.900; 21.450Coordinates: 5°54′S 21°27′E / 5.900°S 21.450°E / -5.900; 21.450
Country  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital Kananga
Largest city Kananga
Government
  Governor Alex Kande[1]
Area
  Total 59,111 km2 (22,823 sq mi)
Area rank 19th
Population (2006 est.)
  Total 2,976,806
  Rank 8th
  Density 50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Official language French
National language Tshiluba

Kasaï-Central is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Specified under Article 2 of the country's 2006 Constitution,[2] the new province was finally created in 2015 from Lulua District and the independently administered city of Kananga, both previously part of the pre-2015 Kasaï-Occidental province. The capital of the province is Kananga.

The new province's territory corresponds to the historic Luluabourg Province that existed the early period of post-colonial Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1963 and 1966.

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