Équateur

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Province de l'Équateur

File:None File:None (Provincial flag) (Provincial Seal)
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital	Mbandaka
Largest city	Mbandaka
National language	Lingala
Land area¹	403,292 km²
Governor	José Makila Sumanda
Population Density	4,820,000 (est. 1998) 11.92/km²
Districts	5
Cities	3
Demonym	Equatorian
Official Website	Province de l'Équateur
Territorial Organisation - Cities

Equateur is a former province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is in the north of the country, and bordered the Republic of the Congo to the west, the Central African Republic to the north, to the east the province of Orientale, and to the south the provinces of Kasai-Oriental, Kasai-Occidental, and Bandundu. The provincial capital was Mbandaka, a city on the Congo River.

Following the promulgation of the 2006 Constitution, Equateur was divided into the following provinces:

• Nord-Ubangi
• Mongala
• Sud-Ubangi
• Tshuapa
• Equateur

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