Kenge Territory

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Kenge
CountryFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Province Kwango
HQKenge II
Area
[1]
  Total18,126 km2 (6,998 sq mi)
Population
[1]
  Total1,857,812
  Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (West Africa Time)

Kenge is a territory of Kwango province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After the town of Kenge became a separately administered city, it was decided to move the territory's administrative center from there to the smaller town of Kenge II located nearby on the other side of the Wamba River. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Territoire de Kenge". caid.cd (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-06-10. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. "Arrêté Interministeriel n° 25/CAB/VPM/MININTERSEC/HMS/081/2018 & n° CAB/ME/MIN.DRI/ARN/FKT/007/2018 du 30 Mai 2018" (PDF). www.lualaba.gouv.cd (in French). Annexe III.7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 22 Jan 2020.

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