Nord-Ubangi Province

Coordinates: 04°17′N 021°01′E / 4.283°N 21.017°E / 4.283; 21.017

Location of Nord-Ubangi province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nord-Ubangi (North Ubangi) is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution (effective 18 February 2006), under Article 2.^[1] It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months (18 February 2009), according to Article 226.^[2] As of October 2010, this had not taken place.^[3]

It is located in the northwestern part of the country on the Ubangi River, and its territory forms part of the former Équateur Province.

The capital of Nord-Ubangi province is the city of Gbadolite.^[4]

City

• Gbadolite

Territories

• Bosobolo
• Businga
• Mobayi-Mbongo
• Yakoma

See also

• Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

1. ^ "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 2". Wikisource. http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_de_la_R%C3%A9publique_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Congo#Article_2. 
2. ^ "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 226". Wikisource. http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_de_la_R%C3%A9publique_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Congo#Article_2. 
3. ^ "The AMP conclave: Another step towards 2011 elections". Congo Siasa. http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/2010/10/amp-conclave-another-step-towards-2011.html. 
4. ^ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com. http://www.statoids.com/ucd.html.