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Kasaï-Occidental
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Kasaï-Occidental (French for "Western Kasai"; ) was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Kasaï-Central and the Kasaï provinces.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kasaï-Occidental
- Settlement.native_name
- Kasai Wa Mubuelu
- Settlement.type
- Former province of theDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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- Kasai-Occidental logo.png
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- Kasai-Occidental in Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kasai region
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 25 April 1966
- Settlement.extinct_title
- Dissolved
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- Languages
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- Official
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- French
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- National
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- Tshiluba
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- Districts
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Official website
Kasaï Occidental
Magazine indépendant de voyage et de découverte en Afrique francophone : guides pratiques (visa, eSIM, change), récits d'expatriation, destinations RDC, Cameroun, Gabon, Sénégal.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Divisions
- Demographic
- Languages
- Religion
- See also
- References
Kasaï-Occidental (French for "Western Kasai"; ) was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Kasaï-Central and the Kasaï provinces.
== History == The province of Kasaï-Occidental was established in 1966 by regrouping the provinces of Luluabourg and Unité Kasaïenne which in turn were created 1962 when the historical Kasaï Province was divided in five provinces namely Lomami, Sankuru, Sud-Kasai, Luluabourg, Unité-Kasaïenne. The former provinces of Luluabourg and Unité-Kasaïenne correspond to the current districts of Lulua District and Kasaï District. Since its formation the provincial seat is Kananga (formerly Luluabourg) which was also the seat of the Kasaï Province between 1957 and 1962. The Province of Lusambo precedes the current entity, it was created 1933 by carving out the districts of Kasai and Sankuru from the Province of Congo-Kasaï, one of the four provinces established in 1924. The province of Lusambo changed its name to Kasaï Province in 1947 its provincial seat was still Lusambo until 1957 when it was moved to Luluabourg (now Kananga). The Province of Kasai existed until it was subdivided in 1962 into 5 provinces.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kasaï-Occidental” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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