Lulua is one of 25 new provinces

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

There are currently ten provinces and one city-province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:* An Ituri Interim Administration also exists in the Ituri region of Orientale province- Proposed provinces :...

 of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

 specified in the country's 2005 Constitution (effective 18 February 2006), under Article 2. It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces

ISO 3166-2:CD

ISO 3166-2:CD is the entry for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for the...

 within 36 months (18 February 2009), according to Article 226. As of October 2010, this had not taken place.

It was to be created from Kasai-Occidental

Kasai-Occidental

Kasai-Occidental is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It borders the provinces of Bandundu to the west, Équateur to the north, Kasai-Oriental to the east, and Katanga to the southeast. To the south it borders the country of Angola...

 province.

The capital of Lulua province is the city of 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 ....

.

History

It was first created in 1962 from Kasai

Kasai region

The Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is divided administratively into Kasai-Occidental and Kasai-Oriental. It shares its name with the Kasai River....

 province as Luluabourg province. It was incorporated into Kasai-Occidental in 1966 under the Mobutu regime.

Presidents (from 1965, governors) of Luluabourg province

• September 1962 - September 1963 François Luakabwanga (1st time)
• September 1963 - 25 September 1964 André Lubaya (d. 1968)
• 25 September 1964 - December 1965 François Luakabwanga (2nd time)
• January 1966 - 18 April 1966 Constantin Tshilumba
• 18 April 1966 - 25 April 1966 François Luakabwanga (3rd time)

Territories

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