Social Demography

Last statistical data published in 2016 by the provincial Ministry of the Interior; Statistics of the population and communicated to provincial government by a group of experts having made study on the , the population of 4,105,783 inhabitants, with an average density of 66.17 inhabitants per km2. I.3. administrative Subdivision

The Province of the is subdivided in:

. Four territories: Gemena, Libenge, Kungu and Budjala. Two cities: Gemena and Zongo.  Six township : Labor, Mugila, Gbazubu, Ndumba, Nzulu and Wango.

. 17 pools,

. 24 districts and

. 1.692 villages

Speaker’s languages: Ngbaka (50 %), Lingala (40 %) and le Mbansa (10 %).

Climate:

The province of the is almost entirely in the central Congolese basin . This one is prolonged by a plate in steps which starts from Zongo and covers the Northern part literally, to the large Eastern Province. The dominating climate is equatorial, hot and wet alternate. Located in the wet tropical zone, the province of the enjoys a tropical climate type characterized by two definitely marked season’s alternation: the rain season and the dries season. Basing at the INERA/Boketa database, here below the information on the rainfall graph:

Annual average Temperature is of 24.6 0C.

Annual average precipitations go from 1,600 to 1,900 mm of water in the forest area, and of 1,300 to 1,700 mm of water in the savanna zone.