Équateur Province

Équateur is one of the 21 newest provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created by the 2015 repartitioning. The provinces of Équateur, , , , and are the result of the division of the former Équateur province.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with 7,500,000 residents
  • Description: province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Also known as: “Coquilhatville”, “Cuvette Centrale”, “Cuvette-Centrale”, “Ecuador (Congo Kinsasa)”, “Ecuador (Congo Kinshasa)”, “Ekwateur”, “Equateur”, “Équateur”, “Equateur (lalawigan)”, “Équateur (província)”, “equator”, “Equator”, “etúká ya Mambénga”, “Evenaar”, “Evenaars-Provincie”, “kizûnga Ekwatelo”, “L’Equateur”, “Mkoa wa Equateur”, “mkoa wa Ikweta”, “Mkoa wa Ikweta”, “Province de l’Equateur”, “province de l’Équateur”, “Province de l’Équateur”, “provinco Ekvatora”, “Région de l’Équateur”, “Tshimenga tshia Équateur”, and “Экватор (провинция ДРК)”

Équateur Province

Latitude
0.2° or 0° 12′ north
Longitude
18.9333° or 18° 56′ east
Population
7,500,000
Elevation
342 metres (1,122 feet)
Open location code
6FGW6W2M+28
Geo­Names ID
216661
Wiki­data ID
Q988104
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Équateur Province” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኢኳቶር”
  • Arabic: “إكواتور”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ekvator”
  • Belarusian: “Экватарыяльная правінцыя”
  • Bengali: “ইকুয়েটর”
  • Bulgarian: “Екваториална провинция”
  • Catalan: “Equador (República Democràtica del Congo)”
  • Catalan: “Equador”
  • Chinese: “赤道省”
  • Croatian: “Équateur”
  • Danish: “Équateur”
  • Dutch: “Équateur”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Ekvatoro”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Ekvatoro”
  • Finnish: “Équateur”
  • French: “Équateur”
  • Fulah: “Équateur Province”
  • Georgian: “ეკვატორიალური პროვინცია”
  • German: “Équateur”
  • Greek: “Εκουατόρ”
  • Gujarati: “એક્વાટેયર”
  • Hausa: “Equateur”
  • Hausa: “Lardin Ecuador”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אקווטור”
  • Hindi: “इक्वेट्योर”
  • Hungarian: “Egyenlítői tartomány (2009)”
  • Hungarian: “Egyenlítői tartomány”
  • Indonesian: “Équateur”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Équateur”
  • Interlingua: “Provincia Equateur”
  • Italian: “provincia dell’Equatore”
  • Italian: “Provincia dell’Equatore”
  • Japanese: “赤道州”
  • Javanese: “Equateur”
  • Kannada: “ಎಕ್ವಚುರ್”
  • Kazakh: “Экватор”
  • Kirghiz: “Экватор”
  • Kongo: “Ekwatelo”
  • Korean: “에카퇴르주”
  • Latvian: “Ekvators”
  • Lingala: “Etuka ya Équateur”
  • Lithuanian: “Ekvatorius”
  • Lithuanian: “Pusiaujo provincija”
  • Luba-Lulua: “Équateur”
  • Malay: “Equateur”
  • Marathi: “एक्वातेवर”
  • Mingrelian: “ეკვატორიალური პროვინცია”
  • Northern Frisian: “Équateur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Équateur (provins)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Équateur”
  • Norwegian: “Équateur”
  • Oromo: “Equateur”
  • Panjabi: “ਇਕਵਾਟਰ”
  • Persian: “ایکواته”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Równikowa”
  • Portuguese: “Equador”
  • Portuguese: “Équateur”
  • Pushto: “استوایی”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Équateur”
  • Russian: “Экваториальная провинция”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Équateur”
  • Sinhala: “ඉක්වටියුර්”
  • Slovenian: “Équateur”
  • Somali: “Equateur”
  • Spanish: “Équateur”
  • Spanish: “Provincia del Ecuador”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Équateur”
  • Swedish: “Équateur”
  • Tajik: “Экватор”
  • Tamil: “ஏகுட்டேயூர்”
  • Tatar: “Экватор”
  • Tatar: “Экваториаль провинция”
  • Telugu: “ఈక్వేటర్”
  • Thai: “อเควเตอร์”
  • Turkish: “Equateur”
  • Ukrainian: “Екватор (Екваторіальна провінція)”
  • Ukrainian: “Екватор”
  • Urdu: “یقواتیور”
  • Uzbek: “Province of Équateur”
  • Vietnamese: “Equateur”
  • Vietnamese: “Équateur”
  • Walloon: “Province di l‘ Ecwateur”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Équateur”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Équateur”
  • Zulu: “Équateur Province”

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