Map of Kasaï-Oriental
Kasaï-Oriental is a first-level division of DR Congo. Its largest mapped city is Mbuji-Mayi, with about 1.29 million people in the metropolitan area. The interactive map below is centred on Kasaï-Oriental, and the tables list its 7 mapped cities.
- Cities Mapped
- 7
- Largest City
- Mbuji-Mayi
- Country
- DR Congo
Interactive Map of Kasaï-Oriental
About Kasaï-Oriental
Kasaï-Oriental (French for "East Kasai") is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kasaï-Oriental, Lomami, and Sankuru provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Oriental province. Kasaï-Oriental was formed from the Tshilenge district and the independently administered city of Mbuji-Mayi which retained its status as a provincial capital.
The new province's territory corresponds to most of the historic Sud-Kasaï province which existed in the early period after independence between 1963 and 1966.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia: Kasaï-Oriental (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Kasaï-Oriental in Depth
History
Congo obtained independence from Belgium in 1960. Friction with Congo's other ethnic groups and encouragement by Belgian corporations hoping to keep their mining concessions led to the secession of the province of South Kasai as a separate state headed by Albert Kalonji.
After being repulsed, the Congo occupied the province in September 1961. Several thousand people were killed during the "pacification" of South Kasai, which lasted through the spring of 1962.
The population of Mbuji-Mayi grew rapidly with the immigration of Luba people from other parts of the country.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Kasaï-Oriental (CC BY-SA 4.0).
History of Kasaï-Oriental: Empires and States
The atlas records 3 polities whose mapped territory included part of Kasaï-Oriental, from Belgian Congo in 1890 CE to 2024 CE. They are listed in the order they first appear.
| Polity | Period here |
|---|---|
| Belgian Congo | 1890–1959 CE |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1960–2024 CE |
| Zaire | 1973–1995 CE |
Historical Maps of Kasaï-Oriental
Kasaï-Oriental on the world map in each year one of these states held it:
Derived by testing mapped cities against dated territorial polygons. Dates are when the polygons cover this place, not the polity's whole lifespan, and polities absent from the source dataset are not listed.
Largest Cities in Kasaï-Oriental
7 cities mapped. Ranked by metropolitan population. A port city's harbour is written up on the page of its sea.
| # | Name | Population | Region | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mbuji-Mayi | 1.29 million | Kasaï-Oriental | Admin-1 capital |
| 2 | Mwene-Ditu | 189,177 | Kasaï-Oriental | Admin-1 capital |
| 3 | Gandajika | 154,425 | Kasaï-Oriental | Populated place |
| 4 | Lodja | 68,244 | Kasaï-Oriental | Populated place |
| 5 | Kabinda | 59,004 | Kasaï-Oriental | Populated place |
| 6 | Lubao | 43,068 | Kasaï-Oriental | Populated place |
| 7 | Lusambo | 41,416 | Kasaï-Oriental | Populated place |
Kasaï-Oriental: Quick Answers
- Where is Kasaï-Oriental?
- Kasaï-Oriental is a first-level division of DR Congo, in Africa. Its mapped cities centre on 5.6951° S, 24.0111° E.
- What is the largest city in Kasaï-Oriental?
- Mbuji-Mayi is the largest city mapped in Kasaï-Oriental, with a metropolitan population of about 1.29 million.
- How many cities are in Kasaï-Oriental?
- YearMaps maps 7 cities and towns in Kasaï-Oriental, with a combined metropolitan population of about 1.85 million. This counts mapped settlements, not every municipality.