DR Congo Administrative Divisions / République démocratique du Congo

Overview

Item	Details
Province	26
Territory	164
Sector	519
Coordinates	✅ Included (all levels)
Formats	JSON, NDJSON, CSV
License	CC-BY-4.0
Last Updated	2026-05-29
Website	openadmindata.org/cd
API	openadmindata.org/api/cd

Browse by Province

#	Province	Territorys	Sectors	Link
1	Kinshasa	1	35	Browse
2	Kongo-Central	12	31	Browse
3	Kwango	5	14	Browse
4	Kwilu	7	24	Browse
5	Maï-Ndombe	8	14	Browse
6	Equateur	8	18	Browse
7	Sud-Ubangi	5	16	Browse
8	Nord-Ubangi	5	11	Browse
9	Mongala	3	12	Browse
10	Tshuapa	6	12	Browse
11	Tshopo	8	23	Browse
12	Bas-Uele	6	11	Browse
13	Haut-Uele	6	13	Browse
14	Ituri	5	36	Browse
15	Nord-Kivu	9	34	Browse
16	Sud-Kivu	9	34	Browse
17	Maniema	8	18	Browse
18	Haut-Katanga	8	28	Browse
19	Lualaba	5	13	Browse
20	Haut-Lomami	5	16	Browse
21	Tanganyika	6	11	Browse
22	Lomami	6	16	Browse
23	Kasaï-Oriental	6	19	Browse
24	Sankuru	6	16	Browse
25	Kasaï-Central	6	26	Browse
26	Kasaï	5	18	Browse

Data Files

File	Format	Description
all-province.json	JSON	All 26 province records
all-territory.json	JSON	All 164 territory records
all-sector.json	JSON	All 519 sector records
all-flat.json	JSON	Levels 1-2 flat array
all-flat.ndjson	NDJSON	Streaming format
all-flat.csv	CSV	Spreadsheet format
hierarchy.json	JSON	Nested tree
schema.json	JSON Schema	Data schema

Quick Start

Python

import json

with open("data/all-province.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    data = json.load(f)

for r in data:
    print(f"{r['name']['local']} ({r['name']['en']}) — {r['children_count']['territory']} territorys")

JavaScript

import { readFileSync } from "fs";

const data = JSON.parse(readFileSync("data/all-province.json", "utf-8"));
console.log(`Total: ${data.length} provinces`);

Schema

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier
level	integer	1=province, 2=territory, 3=sector
level_name	object	Level label (local + English)
name.local	string	Name in local script
name.en	string	English name
name.slug	string	URL-safe slug
parent	object/null	Parent division reference
ancestors	array	Full ancestor chain
children_count	object	Count of children per level
zip_codes	array	Postal codes (where available)
geo.lat	string	Latitude (WGS84)
geo.lon	string	Longitude (WGS84)

Full schema: data/schema.json

Hierarchy Browse

divisions/{province-slug}/
divisions/{province-slug}/{territory-slug}/

Sectors are listed inline in each territory's README.

AI Integration

• llms.txt — Quick reference for AI agents
• llms-full.txt — Summary with per-province links
• Per-province data — Full data by province

Citation

DR Congo Administrative Divisions Dataset (CC-BY-4.0)
URL: https://github.com/open-admin-data/dr-congo-administrative-divisions

See CITATION.cff for machine-readable citation.

License

• Data: CC-BY-4.0

Related

• Open Admin Data — Browse, search and explore administrative divisions for every country
• open-admin-data — GitHub organization with all country repos
• ListBase — Structured reference data for every country