Kwilu is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . It's one of the 21 provinces created in the 2015 repartitioning . Kwilu, Kwango , and Mai-Ndombe provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Bandundu province . Kwilu was formed from the Kwilu district and the independently administered cities of Bandundu and Kikwit . Bandundu is the provincial capital. The 2020 population was estimated to be 6,682,300.
5-476: The province takes its name from the Kwilu River , which crosses it from the southeast to the northwest. Towns and territories are: Kwilu was administered as a province from 1962 to 1966. However, in 1964 the administration was taken over by the central government due to a rebellion in southwestern Congo. A rebel administration under Pierre Mulele ran most of Kwilu province from January 1964. The province
10-587: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kwilu River The Kwilu River ( Portuguese : Rio Cuílo ; French : Rivière Kwilu ; Dutch : Kwilu Rivier ) is a major river in both Lunda Norte Province and Lunda Sul Province in Angola as well as Kwilu Province , formerly known as Bandundu province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the city of Bandundu , where it joins
15-573: Is about 965 kilometres (600 mi) long. In the wet season the flooded area covers 1,550 square kilometres (600 sq mi). The headwaters of the river rise at elevations between 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) and 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) in the Angolan highlands. They drop steeply to the flat central Congo Basin at between 500 metres (1,600 ft) and 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level. A 2011 survey found 113 species of fish in 21 families and eight orders. This article related to
20-694: The Kwango River just before this stream enters the Kasai River . In the DRC the river flows past the towns of Gungu , Kikwit , Bulungu , Bagata , Rutherfordia and Bandundu. Lusanga , formerly Leverville, lies at the location where the Kwenge River joins the Kwilu, between Kikwit and Bulungu. It is a meandering river. Near its mouth it is 950 meters wide. The bed material is sand . The river
25-452: Was reconquered by the legal government in June 1965. The provincial government was restored on January 18, 1966, but the province was merged with Kwango District and Mai-Ndombe District to create Bandundu Province . President Governor Between 1966 and 2015, Kwilu was administered as a district as part of Bandundu Province. This Democratic Republic of the Congo location article is
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