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Kwilu Province

Kwilu
Province du Kwilu (French)
Kizunga Kikwit (Kikongo)
Province
Province du Kwilu
The Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
The Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
Official seal of Kwilu
Seal
Location of Kwilu
Coordinates: 5°2′S 18°49′E / 5.033°S 18.817°E / -5.033; 18.817
Country DR Congo
Established2015 (2015)
Named forKwilu River
CapitalBandundu
Largest cityKikwit
Government
 • GovernorWilly Itsundala Asang[1]
Area
 • Total
78,219 km2 (30,201 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
6,682,300
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
License Plate CodeDemocratic Republic of the Congo CGO / 12
Official languageFrench
National languageKikongo ya leta
Websitehttps://kwiluprovince.com/

Kwilu is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It's one of the 21 provinces created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kwilu, Kwango, and Mai-Ndombe provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Bandundu province.[2] Kwilu was formed from the Kwilu district and the independently administered cities of Bandundu and Kikwit. Bandundu is the provincial capital.[3] The 2020 population was estimated to be 6,682,300.[4]

The province takes its name from the Kwilu River, which crosses it from the southeast to the northwest.

  1. ^ "Congo (Kinshasa) provinces". Rulers. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  2. ^ "RDC: démembrement effectif du Bandundu". Radio Okapi (in French). 19 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Loi organique nº 15/006 du 25 mars 2015 portant fixation des limites des provinces et celles de la ville de Kinshasa" (PDF). Journal officiel de la République Démocratique du Congo (in French). 56 (Special ed.). Article 15, col. 39. 28 Mar 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Congo (Dem. Rep.): Provinces, Major Cities & Towns – Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-11.

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