Gemena is a city located in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mobutu Sese Seko's mother, Mama Yemo, died here in 1971; a vast mausoleum was built in her memory. (Crawford Young and Thomas Turner, The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State, p. 174) Equateur is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... // Territorial Organisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Reference : Executive Order 081 of July 8 1998 on administrative and territorial organisation in the RDC The administrative hierarchy of Political subdivisions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is as follows Province (formerly Région) Mairies (in Urban Areas) Cities... Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga (October 14, 1930 – September 7, 1997), known commonly as Mobutu, or Joseph Mobutu-Sese Seko, born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, was the President of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) for 32 years (1965–1997). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

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Capitals of the Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006 Constitution)

Sankuru • Bas-Uele • Kongo Central • Kwango • Kwilu • Mai-Ndombe • Kinshasa • Kasaï • Lulua • Kasaï oriental • Lomami • Maniema • Sud-Kivu • Nord-Kivu • Ituri • Haut-Uele • Tshopo • Nord-Ubangi • Mongala • Sud-Ubangi • Équateur • Tshuapa • Tanganyika • Haut-Lomami • Lualaba • Haut-Katanga

Coordinates: 3°15′N 19°46′E Main article: Subdivisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The 2005 Congolese Constitution (article 2) - which came into effect in February 2006 - creates 25 new provinces, alongside the city/province of Kinshasa, which remains the capital city; this new territorial organization is to take effect within 36 months of... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo. ... Lodja is a town in Sankuru Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Buta is a town in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Itimbiri River. ... The suburbs of Matadi Matadi is a port in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the capital of the province Bas-Congo. ... Kikwit is a city lying on the Kwilu River in the south western Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville or, before 1960, also Leopoldstad) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Kananga is the capital of the Kasai-Occidental province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Mbuji-Mayi (formerly Bakwanga) serves as the capital of Kasai-Oriental (Anglicized as East-Kasai) province in the south-central Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Kindu is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the capital of Maniema province. ... Bukavu is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying at the southern end of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda. ... Goma is a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Bunia is the district headquarters of Ituri district of Orientale Province. ... Isiro is a city located in Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Kisangani, formerly Stanleyville, (population 500,000) is a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. ... Gbadolite is a town in northern Equateur province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Lisala is a city in Mongala Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Mbandaka, formerly known as Coquilhatville is a city on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying near the confluence of the Congo and Ruki Rivers. ... Boende is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Tshuapa River east of Mbandaka. ... Kalemie, fomerly Alberville, is a town on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Kolwezi is a city in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi in the province of Katanga. ... Location Location in the Congo Government Province Katanga Mayor Floribert Kaseba Geographical characteristics Area     City 747 km²     Land   747 km² Population     City (2001) 1,139,064     Density   1,525/km² Time zone DRC2 (UTC+2) Lubumbashi (formerly Elisabethville) is ranked as the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...