Kwango District is a district

Districts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are divided into 26 districts. These in turn are divided into territories or communes.-Planned reorganization:...

 located in the Bandundu province

Bandundu Province

Bandundu is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It borders the provinces of Kinshasa and Bas-Congo to the west, Équateur to the north, and Kasai-Occidental to the east. The provincial capital is also called Bandundu .In 1966, Bandundu was formed by merging the three...

, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

 (DRC).
It contains the Kasongo-Lunda, Kahemba, Feshi, Popokabaka and Kenge territories.
The main town is Kenge

Kenge

Kenge is a town and seat of Kwango District of northern Democratic Republic of the Congo.As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 41,612.- Namesake :Kenge is one of a number of towns in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with this name. See:...

. Other towns include Popokabaka

Popokabaka

Popokabaka is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Kwango District, Bandundu province. The territory is divided into three sectors: Yonso, Popokabaka and Lufuna.The Kwango River runs through the territory....

, Feshi

Feshi

Feshi is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Kwango District.-Subdivisions:The territory contains the following sectors:*Feshi Sector*Ganaketi Sector*Kobo Sector*Mukoso Sector-Reference:...

, Kasongo-Lunda and Kahemba

Kahemba

Kahemba is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Kwango District.Divisions are:*Kulindji Sector*Bindu Sector*Bangu Sector*Muloshi Chiefdom*Mwa-Mushiko Chiefdom*Mwendjila Chiefdom-References:...

.
The district is in the southwest of the DRC, bordering Angola

Angola

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 to the south.

Under the constitution of 18 February 2006, Kwango District was scheduled to become Kwango Province

Kwango Province

Kwango is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

, one of the 25 new provinces into which the DRC would be divided. As of January 2011 this decentralization had not happened.

Heads of the provincial government from 1962-1966

Presidents (from 1965, governors)

• 23 Sep 1962 - 11 Nov 1962 Albert Delvaux (b. 1918 - d. ?)
• Nov 1962 Emmanuel Mayamba
• 1962 - Apr 1963 Alphonse Pashi
• Aug 1963 - Apr 1964 Pierre Masikita (1st time)
• Apr 1964 - 30 Sep 1964 Belunda Kavunzu
• 30 Sep 1964 - 24 Aug 1965 Joseph Kulumba
• 24 Aug 1965 - 25 Apr 1966 Pierre Masikita (2nd time)