There are currently ten provinces and one city-province 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...

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* An Ituri Interim Administration

Ituri Interim Administration

The Ituri Interim Administration is an interim body that administers the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was established in 2003 by the Ituri Pacification Commission and supported by the UN mission in the DRC.-History:...

 also exists in the Ituri region of Orientale province
Article 2 of the 2005 Congolese Constitution, which came into effect on 18 February 2006, specifies twenty-five new provinces

Proposed provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Proposed provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo were specified in Article 2 of the 2005 Congolese Constitution, which came into effect on 18 February 2006....

 while retaining the capital city/province of Kinshasa. This new territorial organization was scheduled to take effect within thirty-six months of the new constitution's promulgation.