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.
District | Type | HASC | Population |
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Abala | d | CG.PL.AB | 11,296 |
Allembé | d | CG.PL.AL | 4,640 |
Bacongo | r | CG.BR.BA | |
Bambama | d | CG.LE.BA | 4,906 |
Banda | d | CG.NI.BA | 6,910 |
Bétou | d | CG.LI.BE | 29,736 |
Boko | d | CG.PO.BO | 13,643 |
Boko-Songho | d | CG.BO.BS | 12,575 |
Bouaniela | d | CG.LI.BO | 7,084 |
Boundji | d | CG.CU.BO | 16,015 |
Divénié | d | CG.NI.DI | 13,549 |
Djambala | d | CG.PL.DJ | 17,265 |
Dolisie | c | CG.NI.DO | 83,798 |
Dongou | d | CG.LI.DO | 19,365 |
Enyellé | d | CG.LI.EN | 21,193 |
Epéna | d | CG.LI.EP | 17,499 |
Etoumbi | d | CG.CO.ET | 12,387 |
Ewo | d | CG.CO.EW | 20,195 |
Gamboma | d | CG.PL.GA | 43,221 |
Goma Tsé-Tsé | d | CG.PO.GT | 15,615 |
Hinda | d | CG.KL.HI | 32,995 |
Igné | d | CG.PO.IG | 29,290 |
Impfondo | d | CG.LI.IM | 47,951 |
Kakamoéka | d | CG.KL.KA | 7,817 |
Kayes | d | CG.BO.KA | 13,123 |
Kéllé | d | CG.CO.KE | 15,205 |
Kibangou | d | CG.NI.KB | 17,928 |
Kimba | d | CG.PO.KM | 4,516 |
Kimongo | d | CG.NI.KM | 19,578 |
Kindamba | d | CG.PO.KD | 17,295 |
Kingoué | d | CG.BO.KI | 11,910 |
Kinkala | d | CG.PO.KK | 34,608 |
Komono | d | CG.LE.KO | 14,581 |
Lékana | d | CG.PL.LE | 16,761 |
Liranga | d | CG.LI.LI | 11,287 |
Loandjili | r | CG.PN.LO | |
Londéla-Kayes | d | CG.NI.LK | 8,150 |
Loudima | d | CG.BO.LO | 32,775 |
Louingui | d | CG.PO.LG | 10,553 |
Loukoléla | d | CG.CU.LO | 21,442 |
Loumo | d | CG.PO.LM | 4,715 |
Louvakou | d | CG.NI.LO | 13,408 |
Lumumba | r | CG.PN.LU | |
Mabombo | d | CG.BO.MB | 11,839 |
Madingo-Kayes | d | CG.KL.MK | 13,290 |
Madingou | d | CG.BO.MD | 62,800 |
Makabana | d | CG.NI.MK | 14,164 |
Makélékélé | r | CG.BR.MA | |
Makotipoko | d | CG.PL.MA | 18,756 |
Makoua | d | CG.CU.MA | 21,910 |
Mayama | d | CG.PO.MA | 7,036 |
Mayéyé | d | CG.LE.MA | 13,649 |
Mayoko | d | CG.NI.MY | 5,147 |
Mbama | d | CG.CO.MA | 8,040 |
Mbandza-Ndounga | d | CG.PO.MN | 9,737 |
Mbinda | d | CG.NI.MB | 4,783 |
Mbomo | d | CG.CO.MO | 7,163 |
Mbon | d | CG.PL.MB | 3,163 |
Mfilou | r | CG.BR.MF | |
Mfouati | d | CG.BO.MF | 29,931 |
Mindouli | d | CG.PO.MI | 53,584 |
Mokéko | d | CG.SA.MO | 30,172 |
Mossaka | d | CG.CU.MO | 25,636 |
Mossendjo | c | CG.NI.MO | 13,238 |
Moungali | r | CG.BR.MO | |
Moungoundou Nord | d | CG.NI.MN | 1,385 |
Moungoundou Sud | d | CG.NI.MS | 5,703 |
Moutamba | d | CG.NI.MT | 10,385 |
Mouyondzi | d | CG.BO.MO | 36,815 |
Mpouya | d | CG.PL.MP | 9,283 |
Mvoumvou | r | CG.PN.MV | |
Mvouti | d | CG.KL.MV | 18,094 |
Ngabé | d | CG.PO.NG | 30,091 |
Ngbala | d | CG.SA.NG | 4,613 |
Ngo | d | CG.PL.NG | 16,751 |
Ngoko | d | CG.CU.NG | 2,866 |
Nkayi | c | CG.BO.NK | 71,620 |
Ntokou | d | CG.CU.NT | 4,075 |
Nyanga | d | CG.NI.NY | 9,340 |
Nzambi | d | CG.KL.NZ | 3,137 |
Okoyo | d | CG.CO.OK | 10,009 |
Ollombo | d | CG.PL.OL | 21,272 |
Ongoni | d | CG.PL.ON | 12,183 |
Ouenzé | r | CG.BR.OU | |
Ouesso | c | CG.SA.OU | 28,179 |
Owando | d | CG.CU.OW | 40,174 |
Oyo | d | CG.CU.OY | 17,948 |
Pikounda | d | CG.SA.PI | 3,513 |
Poto-Poto | r | CG.BR.PP | |
Sembé | d | CG.SA.SE | 9,550 |
Sibiti | d | CG.LE.SI | 46,608 |
Souanké | d | CG.SA.SO | 9,711 |
Talangaď | r | CG.BR.TA | |
Tchamba Nzassi | d | CG.KL.TN | 16,622 |
Tchikapika | d | CG.CU.TC | 5,978 |
Tié-Tié | r | CG.PN.TT | |
Tsiaki | d | CG.BO.TS | 11,315 |
Vindza | d | CG.PO.VI | 5,912 |
Yamba | d | CG.BO.YA | 14,370 |
Yaya | d | CG.NI.YA | 3,805 |
Zanaga | d | CG.LE.ZA | 16,649 |
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These are names that I've seen on various websites. Some of them may be outright mistakes.
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:
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