Mai-Ndombe is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

There are currently ten provinces and one city-province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:* An Ituri Interim Administration also exists in the Ituri region of Orientale province- Proposed provinces :...

 specified in the country's 2005 Constitution (effective 18 February 2006), under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces

ISO 3166-2:CD

ISO 3166-2:CD is the entry for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for the...

 within 36 months (18 February 2009), according to Article 226. As of October 2010, this had not taken place.

It is one of three provinces which was to have been restored from Bandundu province. Mai-Ndombe existed from 1962 to 1966, prior the creation of Bandundu from the post-colonial political regions of Kwango

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...

, Kwilu

Kwilu Province

Kwilu is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. These 25 provinces were to have been created from the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

, and Mai-Ndombe.

The capital of Mai-Ndombe province is Inongo

Inongo

Inongo is a town and seat of Mai-Ndombe District of western Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 45,159....

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Heads of the provincial government from 1962-1966

Presidents (from 1965, governors)

• 8 Sep 1962 - Dec 1963 Victor Kumoriko
• 23 Sep 1963 - 11 Oct 1963 V. Bola (in rebellion)
• Jan 1964 - Dec 1964 Gabriël Zangabie
  • 1964 - 1965 ...
• 27 Jul 1965 - 25 Apr 1966 Daniël Mongiya

Towns/Territories

• Bolobo
  Bolobo
  Bolobo is a town on the Congo River in Kwango District of Bandundu Province in the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ....
  
  
• Inongo
  Inongo
  Inongo is a town and seat of Mai-Ndombe District of western Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 45,159....
  
  
• Kiri
• Kutu
  Kutu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Kutu is a town and territory in Mai-Ndombe District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is situated at the intersection of the Fimi River and the southern tip of Lake Mai-Ndombe.-References:...
  
  
• Kwamouth
• Mushie
  Mushie
  Mushie is a town in, and a territory of Mai-Ndombe District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies at an altitude of 1118 ft , on the northern bank of the Kasai River, along the section where the Kasai is known as the Kwa River, approximately 10 miles west of the Kasais confluence with the Fimi...
  
  
• Oshwe
• Yumbi
  Yumbi
  Yumbi is a town and territory in Mai-Ndombe District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies on the eastern bank of the Congo River. Yumbis population is approximately 30,000. On the 2nd of february 2003 a tornado killed 17 people in and near the town. Over 4,000 people were injured, 217...