Kasai-Occidental

Kasaï-Occidental
Kasai Wa Mubuelu
Former province of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Official seal of Kasaï-Occidental
Location of Kasaï-Occidental
Coordinates: 05°54′S 22°27′E / 5.900°S 22.450°E / -5.900; 22.450
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo
RegionKasai region
Established25 April 1966
Dissolved2015 (2015)
CapitalKananga
Largest cityKananga
DistrictsLulua District, Kasaï District
Government
 • BodyGovernment of Kasaï-Occidental
 • GovernorAlex Kande Mupompa
 • LegislatureProvincial Assembly of Kasai-Occidental
 • TypeUnicameral
Area
 • Total154,742 km2 (59,746 sq mi)
 • Rank5th
Population
 (2010 est.)
 • Total5,366,068
 • Rank8th
 • Density35/km2 (90/sq mi)
DemonymKasaian
Languages
 • OfficialFrench
 • NationalTshiluba
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (Congo eastern time)
HDI (2019)0.401[1]
Low11th
Websitekasaioccidental.com

Kasaï-Occidental (French for "Western Kasai"; Luba-Lulua: Kasai Wa Mubuelu) was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Kasaï-Central and the Kasaï provinces.[2]

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  2. ^ "RDC : le Kasaï-Occidental démembré". Radio Okapi (in French). 18 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 Aug 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

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