Mongala
Sign in to saveMongala is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Mongala, Équateur, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province. Mongala was formed from the Mongala District whose town of Lisala was elevated to capital city of the new province.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mongala
- Settlement.native_name
- Province de la Mongala (French)
- Settlement.type
- Province
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Résidence Mobutu.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ruins of the residence of former president Mobutu Sese Seko at Lisala.
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Mongala.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 provinces) - Mongala.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 2015
- Settlement.named_for
- Mongala River
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.seat
- Lisala
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Official language
- Settlement.blank_info_sec1
- French
- Settlement.blank1_name_sec1
- National language
- Settlement.blank1_info_sec1
- Lingala
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 58141
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Mongala is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Mongala, Équateur, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province. Mongala was formed from the Mongala District whose town of Lisala was elevated to capital city of the new province.
==Location== thumb|right|upright=1.1|alt=Map of Mongala showing tree-cover loss years, with forest remaining since 2000 in green and loss years shaded yellow through purple.|Tree-cover loss year in Mongala, 2001-2024, from the Global Forest Change dataset. Mongala is located at the northwest of the country on the Congo River, and borders the provinces of Tshopo, Bas-Uele, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, Équateur and Tshuapa. It is divided into three territories: Bongandanga Bumba, major town and site of a former secessionist state (1963) in the province. Lisala