Équateur is one of the 21 newest provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created by the 2015 repartitioning . The provinces of Équateur, Mongala , Nord-Ubangi , Sud-Ubangi , and Tshuapa are the result of the division of the former Équateur province. The current province was formed from the Équateur district and the independently administered city of Mbandaka which retained its status as a provincial capital.
3-582: Makanza or Mankanza is a town in the Équateur province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , headquarters of Makanza territory . Makanza was formerly known as Bangala Station and then as Nouvelle-Anvers / Nieuw-Antwerpen (New Antwerp). It is a port on the River Congo . Located midway between Kinshasa and Kisangani , the location housed a trading post from the 1890. The town
6-474: The working language of the army. Province of %C3%89quateur The 2020 population was estimated to be 1,856,000. The province of Équateur created in 1917 was much larger than today. Over time it went through a number of border and name changes. Under Article 2 of the 2006 Constitution it was to assume its current boundaries, but administratively they were not finalized until 2015. The province consists of eight administrative subdivisions, one of which
9-552: Was one of the main stages of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition . The Bangala people of the area were among the first people to come in contact with the colonialists. Their language, Lingala , eventually merged with the "Lobangi" lingua franca of the river. From 1884 onwards, the city played an important role in the development of the Force Publique (the colonial army). This led to Lingala becoming
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