Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
*Provinces de la République démocratique du Congo* (French)
Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Provinces de la République démocratique du Congo (French)
Also known as:; Mikoa ya Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (Swahili); Bitúká bya Kongó-Kinsásá (Lingala);
Category	1st-level administrative division of a unitary state
Location	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Number	26 provinces (1 is a city-province)
Populations	1,250,000 (Bas-Uele) – 13,916,000 (Kinshasa)
Areas	9,545 km2 (3,685 sq mi) (Kasaï-Oriental) – 199,567 km2 (77,053 sq mi) (Tshopo)
Government	Provincial government;
Subdivisions	Territory and City (Commune in Kinshasa);

Article 2 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo divides the country into the capital city of Kinshasa and 25 named provinces. It also gives the capital the status of a province. Therefore, in many contexts Kinshasa is regarded as the 26th province.

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