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East Kasai

Kasaï-Oriental is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kasaï-Oriental, , and provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Oriental province.
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  • Type: State with 6,500,000 residents
  • Description: province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Also known as: “Eastern Kasai”, “Kasai-Oriental”, “Kasaï-Oriental”, “Province du Kasaï Oriental”, and “Région du Kasai-Oriental”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mbuji Mayi Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mbuji Mayi international Airport is an airport serving Mbuji Mayi, the capital of the Kasai-Oriental Province in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mbuji-Mayi.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a sprawling city in region of the . might be the second-largest city in the DRC, but nobody really knows for sure.

East Kasai

Latitude
-6.1536° or 6° 9′ 13″ south
Longitude
23.5961° or 23° 35′ 46″ east
Population
6,500,000
Elevation
691 metres (2,267 feet)
Open location code
6G55RHWW+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4346281402
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
214138
Wiki­data ID
Q917992
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Satellite Map

Discover East Kasai from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Zulu—“East Kasai” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Kasaï-Oriental”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Усходняе Касаі”
  • Belarusian: “Усходняе Касаі”
  • Bulgarian: “Касаи-изток”
  • Bulgarian: “Касаи-Ориентал”
  • Catalan: “Kasaï Oriental”
  • Cebuano: “Tshilenge District”
  • Chinese: “东开赛省”
  • Chinese: “東開賽省”
  • Croatian: “Istočni Kasai”
  • Danish: “Kasaï-Oriental”
  • Esperanto: “Kasaï-Oriental”
  • Esperanto: “Kasajo orienta”
  • Esperanto: “Kasajo Orienta”
  • Esperanto: “Kasâyi ya Esete”
  • Esperanto: “kizunga Kasâyi ya Esete”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Kasajo Orienta”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Kasajo Orienta”
  • Finnish: “Itä-Kasai”
  • French: “Kasaï oriental”
  • French: “Kasaï Oriental”
  • French: “Kasai-Oriental”
  • French: “Kasaï-Oriental”
  • Fulah: “Tshilenge”
  • Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთ კასაის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Kasaï-Oriental”
  • German: “Kasai”
  • German: “Kasaï”
  • German: “Ostkasai”
  • Greek: “Ανατολικό Κασάι”
  • Hebrew: “קסאי-אוריינטל”
  • Hungarian: “Kelet-Kasai tartomány”
  • Hungarian: “Kelet-Kasai”
  • Italian: “Kasai Orientale”
  • Italian: “Provincia del Kasai Orientale”
  • Japanese: “東カサイ州”
  • Kongo: “Kasâyi ya Esete”
  • Korean: “동카사이주”
  • Korean: “카사이오리앙탈 주”
  • Latvian: “Austrumkasai”
  • Lingala: “Kasai ya Monyɛlɛ”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Kasajus”
  • Luba-Lulua: “Kasaï-Oriental”
  • Luba-Lulua: “Tshimenga tshia Kasaï Oriental”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჟაეიოლი კასაიშ პროვინცია”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kasaï-Oriental”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kasaï-Oriental”
  • Norwegian: “Kasaï-Oriental”
  • Persian: “کاسای”
  • Polish: “Kasai Oriental”
  • Polish: “Kasaï Oriental”
  • Polish: “Kasai Wschodnie”
  • Portuguese: “Cassai Oriental”
  • Portuguese: “Kasaï Oriental”
  • Portuguese: “Kasaï-Oriental”
  • Romanian: “Kasaï-Oriental”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Kasaï Oriental”
  • Russian: “Восточное Касаи”
  • Russian: “Чиленге”
  • Serbian: “Источни Касаи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kasaï Oriental”
  • Slovenian: “Kasai-Oriental”
  • Slovenian: “Vzhodni Kasai”
  • Slovenian: “Vzhodni Kasaj”
  • Spanish: “Kasai Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Kasaï Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Kasai Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Region Kasai Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Región Kasai Oriental”
  • Swahili: “Kasai-Oriental”
  • Swahili: “Tshilenge”
  • Swedish: “Kasaï oriental”
  • Swedish: “Kasai-Oriental”
  • Swedish: “Kasaï-Oriental”
  • Swedish: “Tshilenge”
  • Ukrainian: “Східне Касаї”
  • Walloon: “Province do Cassay levantrece”
  • Walloon: “Province do Kasai Levantrece”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kasai-oriental”
  • Zulu: “Kasaï-Oriental”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bena-Tshishimbi and Kena Nkuna.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Stade Kashala Bonzola and Église Saint Firmin.

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