Kasaï Province

{{short description|Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo}}

{{About|the current province|the much larger pre-1963 province |Kasaï (former province)}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kasaï

| native_name = Province du Kasaï (French)

| official_name = Province du Kasaï

| type = Province

| image_skyline =

| image_caption =

| image_flag =

| image_seal = Emblem of Kasai Province.png

| image_map = Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 provinces) - Kasaï.svg

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| coordinates = {{coord|5|21|S|21|25|E|type:adm1st_region:CG|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{COD}}

| established_title = Created

| established_date = 2015

| named_for = Kasai River

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Tshikapa

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| seat1 =

| blank_name_sec1 = Official language

| blank_info_sec1 = French

| blank1_name_sec1 = Regional language

| blank1_info_sec1 = Tshiluba

| area_total_km2 = 95631

| area_rank = 12th

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Crispin Mukendi{{cite news |last1=Kindalo |first1=Diaris |title=Kasaï : Dieudonné Piemé cède le fauteuil de Gouverneur à Crispin Mukendi |url=https://actu7.cd/2024/06/28/kasai-dieudonne-pieme-cede-le-fauteuil-de-gouverneur-a-crispin-mukendi/ |access-date=29 June 2024 |work=Actu7.cd |date=28 June 2024 |language=fr}}

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| population_total = 3,686,000

| population_as_of = 2024 est.

| population_rank =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym =

| demographics_type1 = Ethnic groups

| demographics1_title1 = Native

| timezone1 = Central Africa Time

| utc_offset1 = +2

| website = {{URL|http://www.kasai.cd}}

| demographics1_info1 = BaKuba, BaMongo, Bashilele, BaPende, Kete, Bena-Lulua, Chokwe, Mbagani, BaLuba

| registration_plate_type = License Plate Code

| registration_plate = {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} CGO / 08

}}

Kasaï is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kasaï and Kasaï-Central provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Occidental province.{{cite news |title=RDC : le Kasaï-Occidental démembré |url=https://www.radiookapi.net/actualite/2015/07/18/rdc-le-kasai-occidental-demembre |access-date=2 June 2020 |work=Radio Okapi |date=18 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813105351/http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2015/07/18/rdc-le-kasai-occidental-demembre/ |archive-date=13 August 2015 |url-status=live |language=fr}} Kasaï was formed from the Kasaï district and the independently administered city of Tshikapa which became the capital of the new province.

There are 5 administrative territories within the province, which include:

1. Dekese
2. Ilebo
3. Kamonia (Tshikapa)
4. Luebo
5. Mweka