Regions of the Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...

is divided into twelve departments (départements, singular département). These departments replaced former region

Region

Region is most commonly found as a term used in terrestrial and astrophysics sciences also an area, notably among the different sub-disciplines of geography, studied by regional geographers. Regions consist of subregions that contain clusters of like areas that are distinctive by their uniformity...

s (régions, singular région) in 2002:

Bouenza (Madingou
Madingou
Madingou is a town located in southern Republic of the Congo. It is the capital city of the Madingou District and the Bouenza Region.- Transport :It is served by a station on the Congo-Ocean Railway....

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Brazzaville (Brazzaville
Brazzaville
-Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo...

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Cuvette (Owando
Owando
Owando is a town in the central Republic of the Congo, lying on the Kouyou River. It is the capital of Cuvette Department and an autonomous commune...

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Cuvette-Ouest (Ewo
Ewo
Ewo is a village in the Republic of the Congo that serves as the administrative center of Ewo District and the Cuvette-Ouest region. The village had a population 4,200 in 1996....

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Kouilou (Loango
Loango
Loango may refer to:* Loango National Park, a national park in Western Gabon* Petit Loango, a town in Gabon* Kingdom of Loango, a pre-colonial state in what is now the Republic of Congo* Loango, a schooner wrecked in 1909 at St Ives, Cornwall...

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Lékoumou (Sibiti
Sibiti
Sibiti is a town located in the Lékoumou Region of the Republic of the Congo. It is also the region's capital and Sibiti District seat....

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Likouala (Impfondo
Impfondo
Impfondo is a town in the north eastern Republic of the Congo with a population of around 20,000 people, lying on the Oubangui River. It is home to an airport and is linked by river barge to Brazzaville and to Bangui. It is the administrative centre of Impfondo District and the Likouala Region....

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Niari (Loubomo
Loubomo
Dolisie, known as Loubomo before 1991, is a city in the western province of Niari in the Republic of the Congo. It is the country's third largest city, and an important commercial centre. The city lies on the eastern edge of the coastal rainforest, and has a population of 106,300 .- Economy...

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Plateaux (Djambala
Djambala
Djambala is the main town of Djambala District and the Plateaux Region of the Republic of Congo. It lies north of Brazzaville and lies near the Léfini Reserve.- Transport :...

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Pointe-Noire (Pointe-Noire
Pointe-Noire
Pointe-Noire is the second largest city in the Republic of the Congo, following the capital of Brazzaville, and an autonomous department since 2004. Before this date it was the capital of the Kouilou region . It is situated on a headland between Pointe-Noire Bay and the Atlantic Ocean...

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Pool (Kinkala
Kinkala
Kinkala is a town located in southeastern Republic of the Congo. It is the capital city of Kinkala District and the Pool Region....

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Sangha (Ouésso
Ouésso
Ouesso is a town in the northern Republic of the Congo, lying on the Sangha River and surrounded by rainforest. It is linked by ferry with Brazzaville and is known for the pygmy people who live nearby...

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These regions are subdivided into 86 districts

Districts of the Republic of the Congo

|The Departments of the Republic of the Congo are divided into 86 districts and 7 communes. Note the departments of Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire are made of 1 commune each, then divided in urban districts ....

and 7 communes

Communes of the Republic of the Congo

|The Republic of the Congo includes seven communes, divided in urban districts . Two of these communes, Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, are also a department:*Bouenza: Nkayi*Brazzaville: Brazzaville*Cuvette : Owando*Cuvette-Ouest: none...

See also