Kwango

Kwango

Province du Kwango (French)
Kwango Province du Kwango (French)
Province
	Coordinates: 4°49′18.64″S 17°2′23.57″E / 4.8218444°S 17.0398806°E
Country	DR Congo
Established	2015
Named for	Kwango River
Capital	Kenge
Government
• Governor	Jean-Marie Peti Peti Tamata
Area
• Total	89,974 km2 (34,739 sq mi)
Population (2020 est.)
• Total	2,618,700
• Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (West Africa Time)
License Plate Code	CGO / 11
Official language	French
National language	Kikongo ya leta

Kwango is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It's one of the 21 provinces created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Bandundu province.^[2] Kwango was formed from the Kwango district whose town of Kenge was elevated to capital city of the province.

The province takes its name from the Kwango River, a tributary of the Kasai River that defines part of the international boundary between the DRC and Angola.

^ "Congo (Kinshasa) provinces". Rulers. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^ "RDC: démembrement effectif du Bandundu". Radio Okapi (in French). 19 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[1] "Congo (Kinshasa) provinces". Rulers. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

[2] "RDC: démembrement effectif du Bandundu". Radio Okapi (in French). 19 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

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