Kwilu is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . It's one of the 21 provinces created in the 2015 repartitioning . Kwilu, Kwango , and Mai-Ndombe provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Bandundu province . Kwilu was formed from the Kwilu district and the independently administered cities of Bandundu and Kikwit . Bandundu is the provincial capital. The 2020 population was estimated to be 6,682,300.
3-711: Masi-Manimba Territory is an administrative area of Kwilu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo . Its headquarters are in the town of Masi-Manimba , on the Lukula River , a tributary of the Kwilu River . The Luie and Kafi rivers also run from south to north through the territory, tributaries of the Lukula. The territory is divided into ten sectors: Bindungi, Kibolo, Kinzenga, Kinzenzengo, Kitoy, Masi-Manimba, Mokamo, Mosango, Pay-Kongila and Sungu. This Democratic Republic of
6-527: The Congo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kwilu Province The province takes its name from the Kwilu River , which crosses it from the southeast to the northwest. Towns and territories are: Kwilu was administered as a province from 1962 to 1966. However, in 1964 the administration was taken over by the central government due to a rebellion in southwestern Congo. A rebel administration under Pierre Mulele ran most of Kwilu province from January 1964. The province
9-448: Was reconquered by the legal government in June 1965. The provincial government was restored on January 18, 1966, but the province was merged with Kwango District and Mai-Ndombe District to create Bandundu Province . President Governor Between 1966 and 2015, Kwilu was administered as a district as part of Bandundu Province. This Democratic Republic of the Congo location article is
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