4-681: Katako-Kombe is a territory of Sankuru Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is part of the region known as Kasaï . It is traditionally considered the homeland of the Tetela people . In honor of the Congo’s first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba , his birthplace and the area of his childhood was split from the territory to form the new city of Lumumbaville which came into effect around 2022. This Democratic Republic of
8-531: The Congo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are administrative divisions of provinces . Territories are further divided into sectors , chiefdoms , and communes . They are led by an administrator and, for the most part, take the name of
12-407: The central government and put under the direction of the provincial governor. The divisions of a territory are: sectors (fr. secteurs , sing. secteur ), chiefdoms (fr. chefferies , sing. chefferie ) and communes. A territory has at least one commune that is the administrative center and also one or more collectivities (a sector or chiefdom). Unlike its counterpart, the city, or its divisions,
16-681: The town that is their administrative center. The 25 provinces of DR Congo are divided into 145 territories (fr. territoires , sing. territoire ) and 33 cities (fr. villes , sing. ville ). Each provincial division is also a constituency of the National Assembly as well as of the Provincial Assembly of its province. Each territory is led by a territory administrator (fr. administrateur de territoire ) assisted by two assistant territory administrators (fr. administrateurs de territoire assistants ). They are appointed by
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