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Sankuru
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Sankuru is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Sankuru, Kasaï-Oriental, and Lomami provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Oriental province. Sankuru was formed from the Sankuru District whose town of Lusambo was elevated to capital city of the new province.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sankuru
- Settlement.native_name
- Province du Sankuru (French)
- Settlement.type
- Province
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Sankuru Province.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 provinces) - Sankuru.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.established_title
- Created
- Settlement.established_date
- 2015
- Settlement.named_for
- Sankuru River
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.seat
- Lusambo
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Official language
- Settlement.blank_info_sec1
- French
- Settlement.blank1_name_sec1
- National language
- Settlement.blank1_info_sec1
- Tshiluba
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 105000
- Settlement.leader_title
- Governor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Victor Kitenge
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Sankuru is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Sankuru, Kasaï-Oriental, and Lomami provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Oriental province. Sankuru was formed from the Sankuru District whose town of Lusambo was elevated to capital city of the new province.
As of 2020, its population was estimated to be 2,593,400.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sankuru” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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