Tshopo
Sign in to saveTshopo is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. It is situated in the north central part of the country on the Tshopo River, for which it is named.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tshopo
- Settlement.native_name
- Province de la Tshopo (French)Mkoa wa Tshopo (Swahili)
- Settlement.image_caption
- From Top left to right: Boyoma Falls, Tshopo River Falls, Yangambi Reserve & Tshopo Bridge
- Settlement.type
- Province
- Settlement.image_seal
- File:Emblem of Tshopo Province.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 provinces) - Tshopo.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 2015
- Settlement.named_for
- Tshopo River
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.seat
- Kisangani
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Official language
- Settlement.blank_info_sec1
- French
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 199567
- Settlement.leader_title
- Governor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Paulin Lendongolia
- Settlement.population_total
- 2,829,700
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Tshopo is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. It is situated in the north central part of the country on the Tshopo River, for which it is named.
Tshopo, Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, and Ituri provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Orientale province. Tshopo was formed from the Tshopo district and the independently administered city of Kisangani which retained its status as a provincial capital. The 2020 population was estimated to be 2,829,700.