Mai-Ndombe Province

Coordinates: 01°57′S 018°16′E / 1.95°S 18.267°E / -1.95; 18.267

Location of Mai-Ndombe province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mai-Ndombe is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution (effective 18 February 2006), under Article 2.^[1] It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months (18 February 2009), according to Article 226.^[2] As of October 2010, this had not taken place.^[3]

It is one of three provinces which was to have been restored from Bandundu province. Mai-Ndombe existed from 1962 to 1966, prior the creation of Bandundu from the post-colonial political regions of Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe.

The capital of Mai-Ndombe province is Inongo.^[4]

Heads of the provincial government from 1962-1966

Presidents (from 1965, governors)

• 8 Sep 1962 - Dec 1963 Victor Kumoriko
• 23 Sep 1963 - 11 Oct 1963 V. Bola (in rebellion)
• Jan 1964 - Dec 1964 Gabriël Zangabie
  • 1964 - 1965 ...
• 27 Jul 1965 - 25 Apr 1966 Daniël Mongiya

City

• Bandundu

Towns/Territories

• Bolobo
• Inongo
• Kiri
• Kutu
• Kwamouth
• Mushie
• Oshwe
• Yumbi

References

1. ^ "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. 
2. ^ "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_2. 
3. ^ "The AMP conclave: Another step towards 2011 elections". Congo Siasa. http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/2010/10/amp-conclave-another-step-towards-2011.html. 
4. ^ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com. http://www.statoids.com/ucd.html.