Kananga

Also known as Luluabourg

Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital city of the Kasai-Central Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was the capital of the former Kasaï-Occidental Province. It is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, with an estimated population of 1,524,000 in 2021.

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Kananga is the capital city of Kasai-Central Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly known as Luluabourg. As the country's fourth-largest city by population with approximately 1.5 million residents, it serves as an important urban center in the central African nation.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Kananga
Settlement.official_name: Ville de Kananga
Settlement.settlement_type: Provincial capital and city
Settlement.image_skyline: Kananga Vue aérienne.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Kananga, 2016
Settlement.pushpin_map: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px DR Congo
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kasai-Central
Settlement.parts_type: Communes
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: Kananga
Settlement.p2: Katoka
Settlement.p3: Lukonga

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Rail accidents
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The city lies near the Lulua River, a tributary of the Kasai River and the Ilebo-Lubumbashi railway. An important commercial and administrative centre, it is home to a museum and to Kananga Airport.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kananga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.