Lomami Province

Not to be confused with the eponymous province (1962–1965), see Lomami Province (former).

Lomami
Province

Coordinates: 06°08′S 24°29′E / 6.133°S 24.483°E / -6.133; 24.483Coordinates: 06°08′S 24°29′E / 6.133°S 24.483°E / -6.133; 24.483
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region	Kasai region
Established	2015 (2015)
Capital	Kabinda
Largest city	Mwene Ditu
Government
• Governor	Patrice Kamanda
Area
• Total	56,426 km² (21,786 sq mi)
Area rank	22nd
Population (2015)
• Total	2,048,839
• Rank	15th
• Density	36/km² (94/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	French
• National	Tshiluba
Time zone	Congo eastern time (UTC+02:00)
Website	http://provincelomami.com/

Lomami is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Specified under Article 2 of the country's 2006 Constitution,^[1] the new province was finally created in 2015 from the previous Kabinda District and the city of Mwene Ditu, part of pre-2015 Kasai-Oriental province.

The capital of the province is Kabinda.^[2]

References

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Current provinces	Bas-Uele Équateur Haut-Katanga Haut-Lomami Haut-Uele Ituri Kasaï Kasaï-Central Kasaï-Oriental Kinshasa Kongo Central Kwango Kwilu Lomami Lualaba Mai-Ndombe Maniema Mongala North Kivu Nord-Ubangi Sankuru South Kivu Sud-Ubangi Tanganyika Tshopo Tshuapa

1966–2015	Bandundu Bas-Congo Équateur Kasaï-Occidental Kasaï-Oriental Katanga Kinshasa Maniema North Kivu Orientale South Kivu

1962–66	Cuvette-Centrale Ubangi Moyen-Congo Lomami Luluabourg Sankuru Sud-Kasaï Unité Kasaïenne Lualaba Katanga Oriental Nord-Katanga Kongo Central Kwango Kwilu Mai-Ndombe Maniema Kivu Central Nord-Kivu Kibali-Ituri Uele Haut-Congo

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