Nord-Ubangi (Province du Nord-Ubangi)
Nord-Ubangi (French for "North Ubangi") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Nord-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province.
The province is located in the northwestern part of the country on the Ubangi River and was formed from the Nord-Ubangi district and the independently administered city of Gbadolite which became the capital of the new province.
The capital is the city of Gbadolite. It is divided into four territories:
* Bosobolo
* Businga
* Mobayi-Mbongo
* Yakoma
The province is located in the northwestern part of the country on the Ubangi River and was formed from the Nord-Ubangi district and the independently administered city of Gbadolite which became the capital of the new province.
The capital is the city of Gbadolite. It is divided into four territories:
* Bosobolo
* Businga
* Mobayi-Mbongo
* Yakoma
Map - Nord-Ubangi (Province du Nord-Ubangi)
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Country - Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
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Centered on the Congo Basin, the territory of the DRC was first inhabited by Central African foragers around 90,000 years ago and was reached by the Bantu expansion about 3,000 years ago. In the west, the Kingdom of Kongo ruled around the mouth of the Congo River from the 14th to 19th centuries. In the northeast, center and east, the kingdoms of Azande, Luba, and Lunda ruled from the 16th and 17th centuries to the 19th century. King Leopold II of Belgium formally acquired rights to the Congo territory in 1885 and declared the land his private property, naming it the Congo Free State. From 1885 to 1908, his colonial military forced the local population to produce rubber and committed widespread atrocities. In 1908, Leopold ceded the territory, which thus became a Belgian colony.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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CDF | Congolese franc | Fr | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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FR | French language |
KG | Kongo language |
LN | Lingala language |