Tshopo District
Coordinates: 00°31′N 25°12′E / 0.517°N 25.2°E
Tshopo District is a district located in Orientale Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] It is situated in the northeast of the country on the Tshopo River, for which it is named.
Tshopo is one of 25 proposed provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2006 Constitution, due to take effect no later than February 2009.[2] The province was to be formed from Tshopo District and the city of Kisangani, which would be the capital.[3] As of October 2010, this had not taken place.[4]
The district administrator from 14 September 2005 was Maurice Tony Ngoy
[edit] Territories
The district capital is the city of Kisangani. Territories are:[5]
[edit] Former province
From 1963-1966, the area was constituted as the province of Haut-Congo. It was remerged into Orientale Province in 1966 as, separately, the district of Tshopo and the city of Kisangani. The Presidents, later governors, of Haut-Congo were:
- 1963 - 26 Jun 1963 Georges Grenfell (b. 1908)
- 26 Jun 1963 - 1964 Paul Isombuma
- 1964 - Aug 1964 François Aradjabu
- Aug 1964 - 5 Nov 1966 Jean Marie Alamazani
[edit] References
- ^ "Construction and Rehabilitation of Economic and Administrative Infrastructure in the City of Tshopo, Orientale Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo". Devex. http://www.devex.com/en/projects/construction-and-rehabilitation-of-economic-and-administrative-infrastructure-in-the-city-of-tshopo-orientale-province-in-the-democratic-republic-of-c. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 2". Wikisource. http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_de_la_R%C3%A9publique_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Congo#Article_2.
- ^ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com. http://www.statoids.com/ucd.html.
- ^ "The AMP conclave: Another step towards 2011 elections". Congo Siasa. http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/2010/10/amp-conclave-another-step-towards-2011.html.
- ^ Blaes, X. (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo". PNUD-SIG. http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=http://www.rgc.cd/doctech/UNDP-GIS-25_RDC_administratif.pdf&title=D%C3%A9coupage%20administratif%20de%20la%20R%C3%A9publique%20d%C3%A9mocratique%20du%20Congo. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
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