Districts of the Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville)

Argirios Pagartanis sent me a link to source [12] (list of sources is on the Congo Departments page). It lists district populations, except for the arrondissements of Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire.

The Republic of Congo is divided into twelve departments. Each department is subdivided into districts and communes, except Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, which are subdivided into arrondissements. There are 86 districts, 4 communes, and 11 arrondissements at present. The districts are also called sous-préfectures (sub-prefectures).

As often happens, I have several sources for the districts of Congo, and they disagree with each other. Originally, I used the districts on the Secondary Administrative Level Boundaries site (source [13]). I have now updated it using source [2]. The difference between the two sources is that the second one adds four autonomous communes, and four arrondissements of Pointe-Noire. I think the communes were there all along. The reason for adding the arrondissements is that Pointe-Noire has now become a separate department, so its subdivisions are now secondary subdivisions of the country. I've also changed the middle two letters in the HASC codes to reflect that change.

This map  shows what was apparently an earlier set of districts, with indications of new districts added.

DistrictTypeHASCPopulation
AbaladCG.PL.AB11,296
AllembédCG.PL.AL4,640
BacongorCG.BR.BA
BambamadCG.LE.BA4,906
BandadCG.NI.BA6,910
BétoudCG.LI.BE29,736
BokodCG.PO.BO13,643
Boko-SonghodCG.BO.BS12,575
BouanieladCG.LI.BO7,084
BoundjidCG.CU.BO16,015
DivéniédCG.NI.DI13,549
DjambaladCG.PL.DJ17,265
DolisiecCG.NI.DO83,798
DongoudCG.LI.DO19,365
EnyellédCG.LI.EN21,193
EpénadCG.LI.EP17,499
EtoumbidCG.CO.ET12,387
EwodCG.CO.EW20,195
GambomadCG.PL.GA43,221
Goma Tsé-TsédCG.PO.GT15,615
HindadCG.KL.HI32,995
IgnédCG.PO.IG29,290
ImpfondodCG.LI.IM47,951
KakamoékadCG.KL.KA7,817
KayesdCG.BO.KA13,123
KéllédCG.CO.KE15,205
KibangoudCG.NI.KB17,928
KimbadCG.PO.KM4,516
KimongodCG.NI.KM19,578
KindambadCG.PO.KD17,295
KingouédCG.BO.KI11,910
KinkaladCG.PO.KK34,608
KomonodCG.LE.KO14,581
LékanadCG.PL.LE16,761
LirangadCG.LI.LI11,287
LoandjilirCG.PN.LO
Londéla-KayesdCG.NI.LK8,150
LoudimadCG.BO.LO32,775
LouinguidCG.PO.LG10,553
LoukoléladCG.CU.LO21,442
LoumodCG.PO.LM4,715
LouvakoudCG.NI.LO13,408
LumumbarCG.PN.LU
MabombodCG.BO.MB11,839
Madingo-KayesdCG.KL.MK13,290
MadingoudCG.BO.MD62,800
MakabanadCG.NI.MK14,164
MakélékélérCG.BR.MA
MakotipokodCG.PL.MA18,756
MakouadCG.CU.MA21,910
MayamadCG.PO.MA7,036
MayéyédCG.LE.MA13,649
MayokodCG.NI.MY5,147
MbamadCG.CO.MA8,040
Mbandza-NdoungadCG.PO.MN9,737
MbindadCG.NI.MB4,783
MbomodCG.CO.MO7,163
MbondCG.PL.MB3,163
MfilourCG.BR.MF
MfouatidCG.BO.MF29,931
MindoulidCG.PO.MI53,584
MokékodCG.SA.MO30,172
MossakadCG.CU.MO25,636
MossendjocCG.NI.MO13,238
MoungalirCG.BR.MO
Moungoundou NorddCG.NI.MN1,385
Moungoundou SuddCG.NI.MS5,703
MoutambadCG.NI.MT10,385
MouyondzidCG.BO.MO36,815
MpouyadCG.PL.MP9,283
MvoumvourCG.PN.MV
MvoutidCG.KL.MV18,094
NgabédCG.PO.NG30,091
NgbaladCG.SA.NG4,613
NgodCG.PL.NG16,751
NgokodCG.CU.NG2,866
NkayicCG.BO.NK71,620
NtokoudCG.CU.NT4,075
NyangadCG.NI.NY9,340
NzambidCG.KL.NZ3,137
OkoyodCG.CO.OK10,009
OllombodCG.PL.OL21,272
OngonidCG.PL.ON12,183
OuenzérCG.BR.OU
OuessocCG.SA.OU28,179
OwandodCG.CU.OW40,174
OyodCG.CU.OY17,948
PikoundadCG.SA.PI3,513
Poto-PotorCG.BR.PP
SembédCG.SA.SE9,550
SibitidCG.LE.SI46,608
SouankédCG.SA.SO9,711
TalangaďrCG.BR.TA
Tchamba NzassidCG.KL.TN16,622
TchikapikadCG.CU.TC5,978
Tié-TiérCG.PN.TT
TsiakidCG.BO.TS11,315
VindzadCG.PO.VI5,912
YambadCG.BO.YA14,370
YayadCG.NI.YA3,805
ZanagadCG.LE.ZA16,649

Other names of subdivisions:

These are names that I've seen on various websites. Some of them may be outright mistakes.

  1. Allembé: Alembé (variant)
  2. Bouaniela: Bouagnela, Bouanéla, Bouanila (variant)
  3. Enyellé: Enyelé (variant)
  4. Goma Tsé-Tsé: Ngamaba (obsolete); Ngoma Tsé-Tsé (variant)
  5. Hinda: Loandjili (obsolete); Minda (variant)
  6. Igné: Ignie (variant); P.K. 45, PK Rouge (obsolete)
  7. Kakamoéka: Kakamoueka, Kalamoéka (variant)
  8. Kayes: Nkayi (obsolete)
  9. Kéllé: Kélé (variant)
  10. Kimba: Kibouendé (variant)
  11. Louvakou: Dolisie (variant); Loubomo (obsolete)
  12. Madingo-Kayes: Madingou Kayes (variant)
  13. Makotipoko: Makotimpoko, Mokotipoko (variant)
  14. Mayéyé: Makabana (variant)
  15. Mbandza-Ndounga: Mbanza-Ndounga (variant)
  16. Mokéko: Ouesso (obsolete)
  17. Moutamba: Mossendjo (obsolete)
  18. Mvouti: Mvoun (variant)
  19. Ntokou: Niokou, Tokou (variant)
  20. Nyanga: Nianga (variant)
  21. Ongoni: Ongogni, Ongonyi (variant)
  22. Pikounda: Pikoundo (variant)
  23. Tchamba Nzassi: Nzassi, Pointe-Noire, Tchiamba-Nzassi, Tsama-Nzassi (variant)
  24. Vindza: Vinza (variant)

Change history:

Again, we get differing information from different sources. According to a report from the Ministry of Health and Population  dated December 2003, Congo is divided into eleven administrative departments, and further into 76 sub-prefectures and six urban communes: Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, Dolisie, Nkayi, Mossendjo et Ouesso. Each urban commune is again subdivided into arrondissements. This government site , citing "Atlas Congo" (Éditions du jaguar) as its source, shows these changes in 1984 and 1994:

  1. 1984: Ngamaba district moved from Brazzaville to Pool and renamed Ngoma Tsé-Tsé; Loandjili district split from Pointe-Noire and renamed Hinda; Loubomo district renamed Louvakou; Mossendjo district renamed Moutamba; Nkayi district renamed Kayes; Ouesso district renamed Mokéko.
  2. 1994: Cuvette-Ouest region split from Cuvette (effective 1995-02-18), consisting of Etoumbi, Ewo, Kéllé, Mbama, Mbomo, and Okoyo districts; Bouaniela, Kimba, Moungoundou Nord, Ongoni, Tchamba Nzassi, and Yaya districts created; status of all "postes de contrôle administratifs" (administrative control stations) changed to districts, including Banda, Igné, Louingui, Loumo, Mbinda, Mpouya, Ngbala, Ngo, and Nyanga. According to another source, Etoumbi, Mbama, Ngoko, Tchikapika, and Tokou were also P.C.A.s.
  3. 2005: In Brazzaville département, Madibou and Nkombo-Djiri arrondissements created. In Pointe-Noire département, Mongo-Poukou arrondissement split from Loandjili; Ngoyo arrondissement split from Tié-Tié. However, the new arrondissements have not been implemented yet, as of 2010-02-22. Also in the waiting list is a plan for Île Mbamou to become a district of Brazzaville, and for Tchamba Nzassi to be reassigned from Kouilou département to Pointe-Noire.

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