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.
2-664: Mangai is a town in Kwilu Province , Democratic Republic of the Congo . Mangai lies on the southern bank of the Kasai River , at an altitude of 912 ft (277 m) The town is served by Mangui Airport . This Democratic Republic of the Congo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kwilu Province The province takes its name from the Kwilu River , which crosses it from
4-475: 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 was reconquered by the legal government in June 1965. The provincial government
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