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

Republic of the Congo

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 to the west, the Central African Republic

Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...

 to the north, to the east the Orientale province, and to the south the 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...

, 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...

, and Bandundu provinces. The provincial capital is Mbandaka

Mbandaka

Mbandaka, formerly known as Coquilhatville or Coquilhatstad , is a city on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying near the confluence of the Congo and Ruki Rivers. The capital of the Equateur District, it is home to an airport and is linked by ferry to Kinshasa and Boende...

, a city on the Congo River

Congo River

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Following the 2005 Constitution (effective 18 February 2006), Equateur was to be divided into the following provinces within 36 months (18 February 2009): Équateur

Équateur Province

Équateur 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...

, Mongala

Mongala Province

Mongala 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...

, Nord-Ubangi

Nord-Ubangi Province

Nord-Ubangi 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...

, Sud-Ubangi

Sud-Ubangi Province

Sud-Ubangi 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 Tshuapa

Tshuapa Province

Tshuapa 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 October 2010, this had not taken place.The...

. As of October 2010, this had not taken place.

Cities and towns

Name	Pop. 2010	Coordinates	Future province
Basankusu Basankusu Basankusu is a town in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the main town and administrative centre of the Territory of Basankusu. It boasts an airport, covered and open markets, a hospital and two recently installed cellphone networks....	27,492	1.23°N 19.80°E	Équateur Équateur Province Équateur 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...
Befale Befale Befale is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Tshuapa District.-Reference:* Retrieved December 8, 2010....	3,723	0.47°N 20.97°E	Tshuapa Tshuapa Province Tshuapa 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 October 2010, this had not taken place.The...
Bikoro Bikoro Bikoro is a market town in Équateur Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on Lake Tumba, south of Mbandaka....	7,128	0.75°S 18.12°E	Équateur Équateur Province Équateur 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...
Binga Binga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Binga is a town in Équateur province of Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2010 it had an estimated population of 64,639.Deforestation has affected the area....	64,639	2.40°N 20.42°E
Boende Boende Boende is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Tshuapa River, east of Mbandaka. It is the capital of Tshuapa District. It is a river port with ferries sailing to Kinshasa via Mbandanka and is also home to an airport. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 36,158. The...	33,765	0.22°S 20.86°E	Tshuapa Tshuapa Province Tshuapa 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 October 2010, this had not taken place.The...
Bokungu (Bokungo)	7,829	0.68°S 22.32°E	Tshuapa Tshuapa Province Tshuapa 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 October 2010, this had not taken place.The...
Bolomba	4,252	0.48°N 19.20°E	Équateur Équateur Province Équateur 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...
Bomongo	4,784	1.37°N 18.35°E	Équateur Équateur Province Équateur 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...
Bongandanga Bongandanga Bongandanga is a small town in Mongala District in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 4625.It is the administrative center of the Bongandanga Sector....	3,648	1.51°N 21.05°E	Mongala Mongala Province Mongala 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...
Bosobolo Bosobolo Bosobolo is a small town in Nord-Ubangi District of northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 16,397.It is the administrative center of Bosobolo Sector....	12,932	4.19°N 19.88°E	Nord-Ubangi Nord-Ubangi Province Nord-Ubangi 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...
Budjala	21,259	2.65°N 19.70°E	Sud-Ubangi Sud-Ubangi Province Sud-Ubangi 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...
Bumba Bumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo Bumba is a town and river port in Mongala District, in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the River Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 107,626.- Transport :...	103,328	2.19°N 22.46°E	Mongala Mongala Province Mongala 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...
Businga Businga Businga is a town in Nord-Ubangi District of north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 32,584....  (Mombombo)	32,590	3.34°N 20.87°E	Nord-Ubangi Nord-Ubangi Province Nord-Ubangi 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...
Gbadolite Gbadolite Gbadolite or Gbado-Lite is the capital of the Nord-Ubangi District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town is located south of the Ubangi River at the border to the Central African Republic and northeast of the national capital Kinshasa...	48,083	4.29°N 21.02°E	Nord-Ubangi Nord-Ubangi Province Nord-Ubangi 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...
Gemena Gemena Gemena is a town and capital of the Sud-Ubangi District of Equateur Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The town has a large airport.Mobutu Sese Seko's mother, Mama Yemo, died in Gemena in 1971; a vast mausoleum was built in her memory....	132,971	3.26°N 19.77°E	Sud-Ubangi Sud-Ubangi Province Sud-Ubangi 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...
Ikela Ikela Ikela is a market town in Tshuapa District in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Tshuapa River east of Boende. Founded by Belgium in the early twentieth century as a trading post, it became an important local centre....	15,214	1.18°S 23.27°E	Tshuapa Tshuapa Province Tshuapa 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 October 2010, this had not taken place.The...
Ingende	3,951	0.25°S 18.95°E	Équateur Équateur Province Équateur 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...
Isangi	11,608	0.85°S 18.37°E
Kungu Kungu Kungu is a town and capital of one of the four territories of Sud-Ubangi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo....	7,738	2.78°N 19.20°E	Sud-Ubangi Sud-Ubangi Province Sud-Ubangi 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...
Libenge Libenge Libenge is a town in Sud-Ubangi Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ....	23,962	3.66°N 18.62°E	Sud-Ubangi Sud-Ubangi Province Sud-Ubangi 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...
Lisala Lisala Lisala is the capital of Mongala District, in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located at around . The Congo River flows through the city. It is best known as the birthplace of Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire from 1965 to 1997....	79,235	2.14°N 21.51°E	Mongala Mongala Province Mongala 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...
Lukolela Lukolela Lukolela is a town in Équateur District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo River bank. It is opposite the Republic of Congo town of Loukolela. The Lukolela Swamp Rat is named after the town....	15,230	1.05°S 17.20°E	Équateur Équateur Province Équateur 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...
Mbandaka Mbandaka Mbandaka, formerly known as Coquilhatville or Coquilhatstad , is a city on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying near the confluence of the Congo and Ruki Rivers. The capital of the Equateur District, it is home to an airport and is linked by ferry to Kinshasa and Boende...  (Coquilhatville)	324,236	0.04°N 18.26°E	Équateur Équateur Province Équateur 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...
Mobayi-Mbongo Mobayi-Mbongo Mobayi-Mbongo, formerly known as Banzyville or Banzystad, is a town in Nord-Ubangi District, in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Ubangi River. It lies opposite the Central African town of Mobaye. Mobayi-Mbongo has about 20,000 inhabitants....	5,413	4.30°N 21.18°E	Nord-Ubangi Nord-Ubangi Province Nord-Ubangi 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...
Monkoto Monkoto Monkoto is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Tshuapa District.-Reference:* Retrieved December 8, 2010....	8,640	1.63°S 20.65°E	Tshuapa Tshuapa Province Tshuapa 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 October 2010, this had not taken place.The...
Yakoma	11,720	4.10°N 22.43°E	Nord-Ubangi Nord-Ubangi Province Nord-Ubangi 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...
Zongo Zongo Zongo is a city in Sud-Ubangi Province in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the south bank of the Ubangi River, across from Bangui in the Central African Republic...	32,516	4.35°N 18.60°E	Sud-Ubangi Sud-Ubangi Province Sud-Ubangi 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...