The provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo were divided into 26 districts . Those in turn were divided into territories or communes .
7-776: Tanganika District was a district of the pre-2015 Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The district dates back to the days of the Belgian Congo . At its greatest extent it roughly corresponded to the present Tanganyika Province , with a small portion in the southwest now in Haut-Lomami Province. The original four provinces of the Belgian Congo had considerable autonomy, but in 1933 they were reorganized into six provinces, named after their capitals, and
14-505: A bill for Decentralization in the National Assembly. The subsequent debate turned up a variety of issues that first had to be addressed with changes to related laws. In an October 2010 conclave of the ruling AMP coalition, it was proposed to revise Article 226, which calls for the creation of 26 provinces out of the current 11, in order to allow more time for the transition. In September 2011 the position of "Minister of Decentralization"
21-525: The central government assumed more control. Katanga became Elisabethville Province . The number of districts in the colony was reduced to 15. Elisabethville Province was divided into Lualaba District in the west, and Tanganika and Haut-Katanga districts in the east. Tanganika District was formed from the northern part of the Tanganika-Moero District . A 1955–1957 map shows Tanganika District bordering Maniema District and Sud-Kivu District to
28-661: The current Tanganyika Province was created from the Tanganika District, whose town of Kalemie was elevated to capital city of the new province. Districts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The 2006 constitution planned to convert many of the districts into provinces under a decentralization program. However, progress was slow. In October 2007 the Minister for Decentralization, Denis Kalume Numbi , presented
35-462: The north, British territories to the east, Luapula-Moero District to the south, Haut-Lomami District to the southwest and Kabinda District to the west. The area was 135,000 square kilometres (52,000 sq mi) out of a total of 496,700 square kilometres (191,800 sq mi) for Katanga province as a whole. On 11 July 1960, a few days after the Congo Republic had gained independence,
42-430: The province of Katanga seceded as an independent state. In November 1961 the northern portion was reconquered by the national government and made the province of Nord-Katanga (Tanganika). On 21 January 1963 the remainder of Katanga was reconquered and divided into the provinces of Lualaba and Katanga Oriental. Nord-Katanga, Lualaba and Katanga Oriental were merged back into the province of Katanga on 28 December 1966. In 2015
49-408: Was abolished. The provinces of Maniema, Nord-Kivu and Sud-Kivu were not divided into districts. Those three provinces and all other districts were divided into territories. Most provinces also included cities, which were independent of the districts; in turn those were divided into communes. Districts and cities, other than the capital city of Kinshasa , and their territories or communes consist of
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