This is a list of places, mostly cities and towns, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without regard to their official status.

Administrative units

Human settlements can be one of the following subdivisions of the DR Congo: cities, communes, groupings (fr. groupements) and villages; or may not be an administrative division at all.

Towns and cities

The national capital, Kinshasa, and the provincial capitals are shown in bold face. Name Population(2010 est.) Coordinates Province Former name Aba Haut-Uele Aketi 40,507 Bas-Uele Ango 8,381 Bas-Uele Aru 29,801 Ituri Bafwasende 14,504 Tshopo Bagata 18,938 Kwilu Bakwa-Kalonji 69,619 Kasaï Balamba 52,860 Haut-Katanga Bambesa 14,959 Bas-Uele Banana Kongo Central Bandundu 137,460 Kwilu Banningville Baraka 115,289 South Kivu Basankusu 27,492 Équateur Basoko (Basoko-Bandu) 50,352 Tshopo Befale 3,723 Tshuapa Beni 95,407 North Kivu Bikoro 7,128 Équateur Binga 64,639 Mongala Boende 33,765 Tshuapa Bokoro Mai-Ndombe Bokungu (Bokungo) 7,829 Tshuapa Bolobo 31,735 Mai-Ndombe Bolomba 4,252 Équateur Boma 167,326 Kongo Central Bomongo 4,784 Équateur Bondo 18,118 Bas-Uele Bongandanga 3,648 Mongala Bosobolo 12,932 Nord-Ubangi Budjala 21,259 Sud-Ubangi Bukama (Bukama-Kibanda) 75,814 Haut-Lomami Bukavu 1,012,053 South Kivu Costermansville Bulungu 54,880 Kwilu Bumba 103,328 Mongala Bunia 327,837 Ituri Businga (Mombombo) 32,590 Nord-Ubangi Buta 53,401 Bas-Uele Butembo 204,452 North Kivu Dekese 3,241 Kasaï Demba 21,019 Kasaï-Central Dibaya 3,857 Kasaï-Central Dibaya-Lubue (Dibaya-Lubwe) 37,390 Kwilu Dilolo 17,446 Lualaba Dilunga 23,804 Kasaï-Oriental Dimbelenge 3,815 Kasaï-Central Djugu 27,112 Ituri Dungu 26,894 Haut-Uele Feshi 7,591 Kwango Fizi 12,494 South Kivu Fungurume 32,399 Lualaba Gandajika (Ngandajika) 140,556 Lomami Gbadolite 48,083 Nord-Ubangi Gemena 132,971 Sud-Ubangi Goma 377,112 North Kivu Gungu 22,946 Kwilu Gwane Bas-Uele Idiofa 58,637 Kwilu Idjwi 4,567 South Kivu Ikela 15,214 Tshuapa Ilebo (Port-Franqui) 72,059 Kasaï Inga 10,417 Kongo Central Ingende 3,951 Équateur Inkisi (Kisantu) 77,797 Kongo Central Inongo 46,657 Mai-Ndombe Irumu 10,387 Ituri Isangi 11,608 Tshopo Isiro 182,900 Haut-Uele Kabalo 58,332 Tanganyika Kabambare 10,375 Maniema Kabeya-Kamwanga (Kenankuna) 30,027 Kasaï-Oriental Kabinda 192,364 Lomami Kabongo 13,979 Haut-Lomami Kahemba 18,061 Kwango Kalemie 92,400 Tanganyika Albertville Kalima (Kamisuku) 47,030 Maniema Kalo Kwilu Kambove 71,756 Haut-Katanga Kamina 143,753 Haut-Lomami Kamituga 13,361 South Kivu Kampene 14,819 Maniema Kananga 967,007 Kasaï-Central Luluabourg Kaniama 57,507 Haut-Lomami Kanteba (Kateba) 17,314 Tanganyika Kanyabayonga 29,936 North Kivu Kapanga 2,287 Lualaba Kasaji Lualaba Kasangulu 30,724 Kongo Central Kasenga 21,400 Haut-Katanga Kasongo 54,743 Maniema Kasongo-Lunda 22,860 Kwango Katako-Kombe 7,592 Sankuru Katanda 29,146 Kasai-Oriental Katwa 60,591 North Kivu Kayna 34,653 North Kivu Kazumba 4,109 Kasaï-Central Kenge 42,884 Kwango Kibombo 17,527 Maniema Kikwit 370,328 Kwilu Kimpese 53,660 Kongo Central Kindu 163,587 Maniema Kinshasa 8,900,721 Kinshasa Léopoldville Kinzau-Mvuete (Kinzau-Vuete) 17,870 Kongo Central Kipamba (Kikondja) 30,026 Haut-Lomami Kipushi 121,831 Haut-Katanga Kiri 14,033 Mai-Ndombe Kirumba 35,290 North Kivu Kisangani 868,672 Tshopo Stanleyville Kitona Kongo Central Kituku 43,460 Ituri Kole (Haut-Lomami) 4,548 Haut-Lomami Kolwezi 451,168 Lualaba Kongolo 62,455 Tanganyika Kungu 7,738 Sud-Ubangi Kutu 37,405 Mai-Ndombe Kwamouth Mai-Ndombe Libenge 23,962 Sud-Ubangi Likasi 422,535 Haut-Katanga Jadotville Lisala 79,235 Mongala Lodja 61,689 Sankuru Lomela 9,800 Kasai-Oriental Lubao (Sentery) 26,694 Lomami Lubefu 2,028 Sankuru Lubero 28,293 North Kivu Lubudi 21,176 Lualaba Lubumbashi 1,630,186 Haut-Katanga Elizabethville Lubutu 7,822 Maniema Luebo 29,167 Kasaï Luiza 15,259 Kasaï-Central Lukolela 15,230 Équateur Lukula 31,394 Kongo Central Lukunga mputu 31,394 Kongo Central Luozi 13,258 Kongo Central Lupatapata (Luhatahata) 18,444 Kasai-Oriental Luputa 37,848 Lomami Lusambo 32,340 Sankuru Lwambo (Luambo) 12,652 Haut-Katanga Mahagi 18,743 Ituri Malemba-Nkulu 28,472 Haut-Lomami Mangaï 43,155 Kwilu Mangina 37,594 North Kivu Mankanza 18,134 Équateur Manono 56,048 Tanganyika Masi-Manimba 30,542 Kwilu Masisi 6,502 North Kivu Matadi 291,338 Kongo Central Mbandaka (Coquilhatville) 324,236 Équateur Mbanza-Ngungu (Thysville) 97,037 Kongo Central Mbuji-Mayi (Bakwanga) 1,559,073 Kasai-Oriental Miabi 55,328 Kasai-Oriental Mitwaba 4,116 Haut-Katanga Moba (Baudouinville) 58,324 Tanganyika Mobayi-Mbongo 5,413 Nord-Ubangi Mokambo 22,481 Haut-Katanga Mongbwalu 29,672 Ituri Monkoto 8,640 Tshuapa Muanda (Moanda) 86,896 Kongo Central Mulongo 57,775 Haut-Lomami Mushie 42,409 Mai-Ndombe Mutshatsha 6,615 Lualaba Mweka 55,155 Kasaï Mwene-Ditu 190,718 Lomami Niangara 13,504 Haut-Uele Nioki 40,979 Mai-Ndombe Nyunzu 40,460 Tanganyika Oicha 50,559 North Kivu Opala 15,569 Tshopo Oshwe 21,681 Mai-Ndombe Poko 10,873 Bas-Uele Popokabaka 12,564 Kwango Punia 18,796 Maniema Pweto 24,767 Haut-Katanga Rutshuru 56,066 North Kivu Sakania 9,650 Haut-Katanga Sandoa 9,698 Lualaba Sedzo Kwilu Seke-Banza 6,015 Kongo Central Shabunda 20,761 South Kivu Shinkolobwe Haut-Katanga Songololo 12,382 Kongo Central Tshela 38,845 Kongo Central Tshikapa 524,293 Kasaï Tshilenge 80,348 Kasai-Oriental Tshimbulu 19,384 Kasaï-Central Ubundu 13,332 Tshopo Uvira 337,488 South Kivu Vivi Kongo Central Walikale 9,903 North Kivu Walungu 14,648 South Kivu Wamba 17,651 Haut-Uele Watsa 31,978 Haut-Uele Yahuma 4,857 Tshopo Yakoma 11,720 Nord-Ubangi Yangambi 40,932 Tshopo Yumbi Mai-Ndombe Zaba Kwilu Zongo 32,516 Sud-Ubangi

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See also Former place names in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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