Lomami Province
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Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (since 2015)
Key facts
- Country
- DR Congo
- Established
- 2015 ( 2015 )
- Named after
- Lomami River
- Capital
- Kabinda
- Largest city
- Mwene Ditu
- Governor
- Iron-Van Kalombo
- Total
- 56,426 km (21,786 sq mi)
- Rank
- 22nd
- Density
- 53.201/km (137.79/sq mi)
- Native ethnic groups
- Baluba • Basongye • Lokele
- Official
- French
- National
- Tshiluba
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 ( CAT )
- License plate code
- CGO / 13
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Located in
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Capital
- Kabinda
- Population
- 3001900
- Area
- 56426
- Official website
- provincelomami.com
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- topic's main category
- Category:Lomami
- language used
- Luba-Katanga
- Commons category
- Lomami Province
- replaces
- Kasaï-Oriental
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Encyclopedic overview
Lomami is one of the 21 newest provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Lomami, Kasaï-Oriental, and Sankuru provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Oriental province. Lomami was formed from the Kabinda district and the independently administered city of Mwene-Ditu. The town of Kabinda was elevated to capital city of the new province.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lomami Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.