Tshopo 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). It was to be created from the country's 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). As of October 2010, this had not taken place. It is one of four new provinces to be created from the current Orientale province.

It is situated in the northeast of the country on the Tshopo River, for which it is named.

The capital

Capital City

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 of the province is the city of Kisangani

Kisangani

Kisangani is the capital of Orientale Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the 3rd largest urbanized city in the country and the largest of the cities that lie in the tropical woodlands of the Congo....

.

History

From 1963-1966, the area was constituted as the province of Haut-Congo. It was remerged into Orientale, Congo

Orientale, Congo

Orientale is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The province lies in the northeast of the country. It borders Équateur province to the west, Kasai-Oriental province to the southwest, Maniema province to the south, and Nord-Kivu province to the southeast...

 in 1966 as, separately, the district of Tshopo and the city of Kisangani.

Presidents, later governors, of Haut-Congo

• Jun 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

Territories

• Bafwasende
  Bafwasende
  Bafwasende is a town in Tshopo District in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies on the Lindi River.-External links:**...
  
  
• Banalia
• Basoko
  Basoko
  Basoko is a town on the Congo River in Tshopo District of northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 47,970....
  
  
• Isangi
• Opala
  Opala, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Opala is a city in the Tshopo District of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the administrative center of the Opala Section and of the Opala Territory. The town lies on the left bank of the Lomami River....
  
  
• Ubundu
  Ubundu
  Ubundu, formerly known as Ponthierville or Ponthierstad, is a city located in Tshopo District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is on the Congo River, just above the Boyoma Falls...
  
  
• Yahuma
  Yahuma
  Yahuma is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Tshopo District.-Reference:* Retrieved December 8, 2010....