Tshuapa Province

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Tshuapa Province is an administrative region in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo characterized by extensive rainforest and a network of rivers that support its largely rural population.

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Tshuapa Province canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
province
borderedBy Mai-Ndombe Province
Mongala Province
Sankuru Province
Tshopo Province
Équateur Province
capital Boende
characterizedBy dense river network
extensive rainforest
contains Befale Territory
Bikoro Territory
linked to: Bikoro

Boende Territory
Bokungu Territory
Djolu Territory
linked to: Bokungu Territory

Ikela Territory
country Democratic Republic of the Congo
createdBy 2015 territorial reform of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
governedBy provincial government of Tshuapa
hasBiodiversity high
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate
hasEconomicActivity fishing
small-scale forestry
subsistence agriculture
hasEcosystem tropical moist broadleaf forest
hasMainReligion Christianity
hasMinorityReligion traditional African religions
hasNationalLanguage Kikongo
Lingala
Swahili
linked to: Swahili language

Tshiluba
hasOfficialLanguage French
hasPopulationCharacteristic largely rural population
hasSettlementType rural
hasTransportMode river transport
locatedIn central Democratic Republic of the Congo
locatedOnContinent Africa
namedAfter Tshuapa River
partOf Congo Basin rainforest
linked to: Congo Rainforest

Cuvette Centrale region
linked to: Cuvette Centrale
previouslyPartOf Équateur Province
riverFlowsThrough Busira River
Lomela River
Tshuapa River
seat Boende
timeZone Central Africa Time
utcOffset +2

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tshuapa River flowsThrough Tshuapa Province
Salonga River locatedIn Tshuapa Province
Équateur Province succeededBy Tshuapa Province
Tshopo Province borderingProvince Tshuapa Province
Lomami National Park locatedIn Tshuapa Province
Boende locatedIn Tshuapa Province
Sankuru Province borderedBy Tshuapa Province