Tshuapa is one of 25 new provinces

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 :...

 of 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...

 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.

The province is named for the Tshuapa River

Tshuapa River

The Tshuapa River is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 1000 km long. The middle Tshuapa is navigable and about 150 m across...

. Its territory is situated in the north-west of the country, on the Congo River

Congo River

The Congo River is a river in Africa, and is the deepest river in the world, with measured depths in excess of . It is the second largest river in the world by volume of water discharged, though it has only one-fifth the volume of the world's largest river, the Amazon...

. It was a part of the former Équateur

Équateur

Équateur is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is in the north of the country, and bordered the Republic of the Congo to the west, the Central African Republic to the north, to the east the Orientale province, and to the south the Kasai-Oriental, Kasai-Occidental, and...

 province.

The capital of Tshuapa province is the town of Boende

Boende

Boende is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Tshuapa River, east of Mbandaka. It is the capital of Tshuapa District. It is a river port with ferries sailing to Kinshasa via Mbandanka and is also home to an airport. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 36,158. The...

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Territories

• Befale
  Befale
  Befale is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Tshuapa District.-Reference:* Retrieved December 8, 2010....
  
  
• Boende
  Boende
  Boende is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Tshuapa River, east of Mbandaka. It is the capital of Tshuapa District. It is a river port with ferries sailing to Kinshasa via Mbandanka and is also home to an airport. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 36,158. The...
  
  
• Bokungo
  Bokungo
  Bokungo is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Tshuapa District.-Reference:* Retrieved December 8, 2010....
  
  
• Djolu
  Djolu
  Djolu is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Tshuapa District.-Reference:* Retrieved December 8, 2010....
  
  
• Ikela
  Ikela Territory
  Ikela Territory an administrative division of the Tshuapa District in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The headquarters of the Territory is the town of Ikela....
  
  
• Monkoto
  Monkoto
  Monkoto is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Tshuapa District.-Reference:* Retrieved December 8, 2010....