Category Unitary State Number 12 Departments | Government Department government | |
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Areas 1,140 km (442 sq mi) (Pointe-Noire) – 66,000 km (25,500 sq mi) (Likouala) | ||
The Republic of the Congo is divided into twelve departments (départements, singular département). These departments replaced former regions (régions, singular région) in 2002:
These regions are subdivided into 86 districts and 7 communes.
References
Departments of the Republic of the Congo Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA