Kwango

<p>Kwango is a <a href="/facts/Provinces_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo/GhGqfews">province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>. It is one of the 21 provinces created in the <a href="/facts/Subdivisions_of_the_DR_Congo/67EuJKyg">2015 repartitioning</a>.  Kwango, <a href="/facts/Kwilu_Province/B186mh02">Kwilu</a>, and <a href="/facts/Mai-Ndombe_Province/LhTLkcSc">Mai-Ndombe</a> provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former <a href="/facts/Bandundu_Province/wWp5pba0">Bandundu province</a>.  Kwango was formed from the <a href="/facts/Kwango_District/u29MB0EL">Kwango district</a> whose town of <a href="/facts/Kenge%2c_Kwango/sPf4tdhN">Kenge</a> was made the provincial capital and thus gained <a href="/facts/Cities_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo/hYFSLcUF">city status</a>.
</p><p>The province takes its name from the <a href="/facts/Kwango_River/KYYnNU7R">Kwango River</a>, a tributary of the <a href="/facts/Kasai_River/UXj8rL10">Kasai River</a> that defines part of the international boundary between the DRC and Angola.
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