Kasaï District
Coordinates: 05°21′S 21°25′E / 5.35°S 21.417°E
Kasai District is a district located in the Kasai-Occidental province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is bordered by Lulua District to the southeast, Kwango District to the southwest, Sankuru District, Tshuapa District, Kwilu District, Mai-Ndombe District, and the nation of Angola in the south.
[edit] Administration
The capital of Kasai province is the town of Luebo.[1] The city of Tshikapa lies within the district, but is independently administered.
Territories are
[edit] Proposed province
Under the 2006 constitution, Kasai District and the city of Tshikapa were to combine and become a new Kasai Province by 18 February 2009.[2] As of October 2010, this had not taken place.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com. http://www.statoids.com/ucd.html.
- ^ "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 226". Wikisource. http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_de_la_R%C3%A9publique_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Congo#Article_226.
- ^ "The AMP conclave: Another step towards 2011 elections". Congo Siasa. http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/2010/10/amp-conclave-another-step-towards-2011.html.
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