Kasai-Occidental
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Kasai-Occidental is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It borders the provinces of Bandundu to the west, Équateur
Équateur
Équateur is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is in the north of the country, and bordered the Republic of the Congo to the west, the Central African Republic to the north, to the east the Orientale province, and to the south the Kasai-Oriental, Kasai-Occidental, and...

 to the north, Kasai-Oriental
Kasai-Oriental
Kasai-Oriental is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It borders the provinces of Kasai-Occidental to the west, Équateur to the northwest, Orientale to the northeast, Maniema to the east, and Katanga to the south. Kasai-Oriental is one of the richest diamond producing...

 to the east, and Katanga to the southeast. To the south it borders the country of Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

. The provincial capital is Kananga
Kananga
Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital of Lulua District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has a population of 1,130,100 ....

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Following the 2005 Constitution (effective 18 February 2006), Kasai-Occidental was to be divided into the two new provinces within 36 months (18 February 2009): Kasai
Kasai Province
Kasai is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

 and Lulua
Lulua Province
Lulua is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

. As of September 2011, this had not taken place.

Cities and towns

Name Pop. 2010 Coordinates Future province
Dekese  3,241 3.45°S 21.40°E Kasai
Kasai Province
Kasai is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

Demba
Demba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Demba is a town in Lulua District in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 25,384....

 
21,019 5.51°S 22.26°E Lulua
Lulua Province
Lulua is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

Dibaya
Dibaya
Dibaya is a small town in Lulua District of southern Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 5,213. Dibaya has an airport with regular flights to Kinshasa, Kikwit and Angola....

 
3,857 6.51°S 22.87°E Lulua
Lulua Province
Lulua is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

Dimbelenge  3,815 5.55°S 23.12°E Lulua
Lulua Province
Lulua is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

Ilebo
Ilebo
Ilebo, formerly known as Port-Francqui, is a town in Kasaï District in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying at the highest navigable point of the Kasaï River. As such, it is an important transport hub for ferries to Kinshasa and trains to Lubumbashi....

 (Port-Franqui)
72,059 4.32°S 20.61°E Kasai
Kasai Province
Kasai is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

Kabeya-Kamwanga (Kenankuna) 30,027 6.27°S 22.63°E
Kananga
Kananga
Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital of Lulua District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has a population of 1,130,100 ....

 (Luluabourg)
967,007 5.89°S 22.40°E Lulua
Lulua Province
Lulua is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

Kazumba
Kazumba
Kazumba is one of a number of places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with this name.- External links :*...

 
4,109 6.42°S 22.03°E Lulua
Lulua Province
Lulua is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

Luebo
Luebo
Luebo is a town and seat of Kasai District of southern-central Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 40,115....

 
29,167 5.35°S 21.41°E Kasai
Kasai Province
Kasai is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

Luiza  15,259 7.20°S 22.42°E Lulua
Lulua Province
Lulua is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

Mankanza  18,134 7.40°S 22.67°E
Mweka
Mweka, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mweka is a town in southern-central Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated on the Kasai railway line between Kananga and the Kasai River port of Ilebo ....

 
55,155 4.84°S 21.57°E Kasai
Kasai Province
Kasai is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

Tshikapa
Tshikapa
Tshikapa is a city in Kasaï District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located about 40 miles north of the Angolan border and 120 miles west of province capital Kananga at the confluence of the Tshikapa and Kasai rivers. According to records published by the Utrecht University...

 
524,293 6.41°S 20.77°E Kasai
Kasai Province
Kasai is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution , under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months , according to Article 226...

Tshimbulu 19,384 6.48°S 22.85°E
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