SANKURU PROVINCE

As can be seen from the maps and data contained in several tables the province of Sankuru lies at the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo and is bordered by seven other provinces of the country: Kasaï Kasaï-Central Kasaï-Oriental Lomami Maniema Tshopo and Tshuapa. It is the tenth-largest of the twenty-six provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the largest of the five provinces of the Grand Kasaï area. Administratively Sankuru province comprises six territories forty-three sectors and four hundred and eighteen groupings. Its hydrographic network is made up of many fish-filled rivers including the Lomami Sankuru Lokenye Lomela and Lubefu which are partially navigable and have a number of port infrastructures most of which were built during the colonial period.