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Nord-Ubangi Province du Nord-Ubangi (French)
Province

Coordinates: 4°17′N 21°1′E / 4.283°N 21.017°E / 4.283; 21.017
Country	DR Congo
Established	2015 (2015)
Named for	Ubangi River
Capital	Gbadolite
Government
• Governor	Malo Mobutu Ndimba^[1]
Area
• Total	56,644 km² (21,870 sq mi)
Population (2020 est.)
• Total	1,542,500
• Density	27/km² (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
License Plate Code	CGO / 20
Official language	French
National language	Lingala

Nord-Ubangi (French for "North Ubangi") is one of the 21 newest provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Nord-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province.^[2]

The province is located in the northwestern part of the country on the Ubangi River and was formed from the Nord-Ubangi district and the independently administered city of Gbadolite which became the capital of the new province.

Administration

The capital is the city of Gbadolite.^[3] It is divided into four territories:

References

^ Welo, Prince (1 September 2022). "Nord-Ubangi : Oscar Oshobale cède son fauteuil à Malo Mobutu Ndimba". mediacongo.net (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Découpage territorial : procédures d'installation de nouvelles provinces". Radio Okapi (in French). 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
^ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.

v t e Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Current provinces	Bas-Uélé Équateur Haut-Katanga Haut-Lomami Haut-Uélé Ituri Kasaï Kasaï-Central Kasaï-Oriental Kinshasa Kongo Central Kwango Kwilu Lomami Lualaba Mai-Ndombe Maniema Mongala Nord-Ubangi North Kivu 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
1963–1966	Congo Central Cuvette-Centrale Haut-Congo Katanga Oriental Kibali-Ituri Kivu Central Kwango Kwilu Lomami Lualaba Luluabourg Mai-Ndombe Maniema Moyen-Congo Nord-Katanga Nord-Kivu Sankuru South Kasai Ubangi Uele Unité Kasaïenne
1960–1963	Équateur Kasaï Katanga Kinshasa Kivu Léopoldville Orientale

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