List of cities and towns in the Democratic Republic of the Congo explained

This is a list of places, mostly cities and towns, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without regard to their official status.

Administrative units

Human settlements can be one of the following subdivisions of the DR Congo: cities, communes, groupings (fr. groupements) and villages; or may not be an administrative division at all.

Towns and cities

NamePopulation
(2010 est.)[1]
CoordinatesProvinceFormer name
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align=right 40,507 2.74°N 23.78°W
align=right 8,381 4.03°N 25.87°W
align=right 29,801 2.87°N 30.85°W
align=right 14,504 1.08°N 27.27°W
align=right 18,938 -3.73°N 17.95°W
align=right 69,619 -6.18°N 23.38°W
align=right 52,860 -12.79°N 28.65°W
align=right 14,959 3.47°N 25.72°W
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align=right 137,460 -3.31°N 17.38°W Banningville
align=right 115,289 -4.1°N 29.09°W
align=right 27,492 1.23°N 19.8°W
Basoko (Basoko-Bandu) align=right 50,352 1.24°N 23.59°W
align=right 3,723 0.47°N 20.97°W
align=right 95,407 0.49°N 29.45°W
align=right 7,128 -0.75°N 18.12°W
align=right 64,639 2.4°N 20.42°W
align=right 33,765 -0.22°N 20.86°W
align=right -2.8°N 18.23°W
Bokungu (Bokungo) align=right 7,829 -0.68°N 22.32°W
align=right 31,735 -2.16°N 16.24°W
align=right 4,252 0.48°N 19.2°W
align=right 167,326 -5.85°N 13.05°W
align=right 4,784 1.37°N 18.35°W
align=right 18,118 3.81°N 23.67°W
align=right 3,648 1.51°N 21.05°W
align=right 12,932 4.19°N 19.88°W
align=right 21,259 2.65°N 19.7°W
Bukama (Bukama-Kibanda) align=right 75,814 -9.21°N 25.84°W
align=right 1,012,053 -2.51°N 28.84°W Costermansville
align=right 54,880 -4.55°N 18.6°W
align=right 103,328 2.19°N 22.46°W
align=right 327,837 1.56°N 30.24°W
Businga (Mombombo) align=right 32,590 3.34°N 20.87°W
align=right 53,401 2.82°N 24.74°W
align=right 204,452 0.13°N 29.28°W
align=right 3,241 -3.45°N 21.4°W
align=right 21,019 -5.51°N 22.26°W
align=right 3,857 -6.51°N 22.87°W
Dibaya-Lubue (Dibaya-Lubwe) align=right 37,390 -4.15°N 19.87°W
align=right 17,446 -9.22°N 25.12°W
align=right 23,804
align=right 3,815 -5.55°N 23.12°W
align=right 27,112 1.92°N 30.5°W
align=right 26,894 3.62°N 28.57°W
align=right 7,591 -6.12°N 18.17°W
align=right 12,494 -4.3°N 28.94°W
align=right 32,399 -10.62°N 26.3°W
Gandajika (Ngandajika) align=right 140,556 -6.74°N 23.96°W
align=right 48,083 4.29°N 21.02°W
align=right 132,971 3.26°N 19.77°W
align=right 377,112 -1.69°N 29.22°W
align=right 22,946 -5.8°N 19.33°W
align=right 4.71°N 25.81°W
align=right 58,637 -5.03°N 19.6°W
align=right 4,567 -2.15°N 29.07°W
align=right 15,214 -1.18°N 23.27°W
Ilebo (Port-Franqui) align=right 72,059 -4.32°N 20.61°W
align=right 10,417 -5.65°N 13.65°W
align=right 3,951 -0.25°N 18.95°W
Inkisi (Kisantu) align=right 77,797 -5.13°N 15.07°W
align=right 46,657 -1.94°N 18.28°W
align=right 10,387 1.45°N 29.87°W
Isangi (Équateur) align=right 11,608 -0.85°N 18.37°W
align=right 58,332 -6.05°N 26.91°W
align=right 10,375 -4.7°N 27.72°W
Kabeya-Kamwanga (Kenankuna) align=right 30,027 -6.27°N 22.63°W
align=right 192,364 -6.13°N 24.48°W
align=right 13,979 -7.32°N 25.58°W
align=right 18,061 -5.25°N 19.7°W
align=right 92,400 -5.92°N 29.17°W Albertville
Kalima (Kamisuku) align=right 47,030 -2.51°N 26.43°W
align=right -4.12°N 19.24°W
align=right 71,756 -10.87°N 26.6°W
align=right 143,753 -8.73°N 25.01°W
align=right 13,361 -3.06°N 28.18°W
align=right 14,819 -3.6°N 26.67°W
align=right 967,007 -5.89°N 22.4°W Luluabourg
align=right 57,507 -7.57°N 24.17°W
Kanteba (Kateba) align=right 17,314 -7.33°N 24.62°W
align=right 29,936 -0.71°N 29.17°W
align=right 2,173 -11.5°N 26.75°W
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align=right 30,724 -4.58°N 15.18°W
align=right 21,400 -10.63°N 26.76°W
align=right 54,743 -4.45°N 26.66°W
align=right 22,860 -6.48°N 16.83°W
align=right 7,592 -3.4°N 24.42°W
align=right 29,146 -6.33°N 23.9°W
align=right 60,591 0.1°N 29.32°W
align=right 34,653 -0.62°N 29.17°W
align=right 4,109 -6.42°N 22.03°W
align=right 42,884 -4.83°N 16.9°W
align=right 17,527 -3.95°N 25.98°W
align=right 370,328 -5.03°N 18.81°W
align=right 53,660 -5.55°N 14.43°W
align=right 163,587 -2.95°N 25.92°W
align=right 8,900,721 -4.31°N 15.32°W Kinshasa Léopoldville
Kinzau-Mvuete (Kinzau-Vuete) align=right 17,870 -5.48°N 13.28°W
Kipamba (Kikondja) align=right 30,026 -8.2°N 26.42°W
align=right 121,831 -11.76°N 27.25°W
align=right 14,033 -1.45°N 19°W
align=right 35,290 -1.09°N 29.29°W
align=right 868,672 0.53°N 25.19°W Stanleyville
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align=right 43,460 1.1°N 29.97°W
Kole (Katanga) align=right 4,548 -8.02°N 25.55°W
align=right 451,168 -10.7°N 25.66°W
align=right 62,455 -5.38°N 26.98°W
align=right 7,738 2.78°N 19.2°W
align=right 37,405 -2.73°N 18.15°W
align=right 3.18°N 16.21°W
align=right 23,962 3.39°N 18.38°W
align=right 422,535 -10.98°N 26.73°W Jadotville
align=right 79,235 2.14°N 21.51°W
align=right 61,689 -3.49°N 23.42°W
align=right 9,800 -2.3°N 23.28°W
Lubao (Sentery) align=right 26,694 -5.39°N 25.75°W
align=right 2,028 -4.72°N 24.42°W
align=right 28,293 -0.16°N 29.22°W
align=right 21,176 -9.95°N 25.97°W
align=right 1,630,186 -11.66°N 27.48°W Elizabethville
align=right 7,822 -0.73°N 26.58°W
align=right 29,167 -5.35°N 21.41°W
align=right 15,259 -7.2°N 22.42°W
align=right 15,230 -1.05°N 17.2°W
align=right 31,394 -5.38°N 12.95°W
align=right 31,394 -5.38°N 12.95°W
align=right 13,258 -4.95°N 14.13°W
Lupatapata (Luhatahata) align=right 18,444 -4.67°N 24.28°W
align=right 37,848 -7.17°N 23.7°W
align=right 32,340 -4.97°N 23.43°W
Lwambo (Luambo) align=right 12,652 -10.82°N 26.78°W
align=right 18,743 2.3°N 30.98°W
align=right 28,472 -8.03°N 26.8°W
Mangai (Mangaï) align=right 43,155 -4.04°N 19.53°W
align=right 37,594 0.57°N 29.32°W
align=right 18,134 -7.4°N 22.67°W
align=right 56,048 -7.3°N 27.45°W
align=right 30,542 -4.77°N 17.92°W
align=right 6,502 -1.4°N 28.81°W
align=right 291,338 -5.82°N 13.48°W
Mbandaka (Coquilhatville) align=right 324,236 0.04°N 18.26°W
Mbanza-Ngungu (Thysville) align=right 97,037 -5.25°N 14.86°W
Mbuji-Mayi (Bakwanga) align=right 1,559,073 -6.13°N 23.59°W
align=right 55,328 -6.2°N 23.38°W
align=right 4,116 -8.63°N 27.33°W
Moba (Baudouinville) align=right 58,324 -7.06°N 29.72°W
align=right 5,413 4.3°N 21.18°W
align=right 22,481 -12.42°N 28.35°W
align=right 29,672 1.95°N 30.03°W
align=right 8,640 -1.63°N 20.65°W
Muanda (Moanda) align=right 86,896 -5.93°N 12.35°W
align=right 57,775 -7.83°N 27°W
align=right 42,409 -3.02°N 16.92°W
align=right 6,615 -10.65°N 24.45°W
align=right 55,155 -4.84°N 21.57°W
align=right 190,718 -7°N 23.44°W
align=right 13,504 3.7°N 27.87°W
align=right 40,979 2.17°N 30.65°W
align=right 40,460 -5.95°N 28.02°W
align=right 50,559 0.7°N 29.52°W
align=right 15,569 1.28°N 27.27°W
align=right 21,681 -3.4°N 19.5°W
align=right 10,873 3.15°N 26.88°W
align=right 12,564 -5.7°N 16.58°W
align=right 18,796 -1.45°N 26.42°W
align=right 24,767 -8.47°N 28.9°W
align=right 56,066 -1.18°N 29.45°W
align=right 9,650 -12.75°N 28.57°W
align=right 9,698 -9.68°N 22.87°W
align=right -4.04°N 19.18°W
align=right 6,015 -5.33°N 13.27°W
align=right 20,761 -2.7°N 27.33°W
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align=right 12,382 -5.7°N 14.03°W
align=right 38,845 -5°N 12.95°W
align=right 524,293 -6.41°N 20.77°W
align=right 80,348 -6.25°N 23.77°W
align=right 19,384 -6.48°N 22.85°W
align=right 13,332 -0.35°N 25.48°W
align=right 337,488 -3.37°N 29.14°W
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align=right 9,903 -1.42°N 28.06°W
align=right 14,648 -2.63°N 28.67°W
align=right 17,651 2.14°N 27.99°W
align=right 31,978 3.04°N 29.53°W
align=right 4,857 1.08°N 23.22°W
align=right 11,720 4.1°N 22.43°W
align=right 40,932 0.77°N 24.43°W
align=right 1.9°N 16.55°W
align=right -4.33°N 18.25°W
align=right 32,516 4.35°N 18.6°W

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Congo (Dem. Rep.): largest cities and towns and statistics of their population . World Gazetteer . https://archive.today/20130210151812/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=gamelan&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-46 . 2013-02-10 . dead .