Congo administrative divisions: Department, commune, district, urban, village
The administrative division of Congo provides for other administrative entities within each department which are presented as follows: the commune, the district, the urban community, the neighborhood and the village.
The country subdivided into twelve (12) sections, each corresponding to a department of the country and each department and its various administrative subdivisions (commune, district, arrondissement, urban community, rural community, neighborhood and village)
Kouilou
Niari
Lekoumou
Bouenza
Pool
Trays
Bowl
West Basin
Sangha
Likouala
Brazzaville
Pointe-Noire
Department
The department is the administrative entity that ensures the relay of government action on a portion of the national territory. It is the first administrative subdivision of the country. It is made up of a group of districts and municipalities. The department is headed by a Prefect appointed by the Council of Ministers.
Commune
The commune is an urban agglomeration of inhabitants resulting from an administrative and geographical entity with a minimum of economic, social and cultural development. It can be subdivided into districts and neighborhoods. The department and the commune are both administrative districts and local authorities.
District
The District is an intermediate administrative constituency which ensures the relay of government action in the department.
Urban Community
The Urban Community is an administrative district made up of an urban agglomeration of inhabitants, comprising a certain number of neighbouring districts belonging to the same administrative and geographical entity, experiencing a minimum of economic, social and cultural development; it is called upon to have resources capable of guaranteeing in the long term the conditions of free administration.
The urban community is placed under the authority of an administrator-mayor appointed by decree of the President of the Republic.
Rural community
It is an administrative district made up of a group of villages with a level of development characterized by the presence of a minimum of basic infrastructure and public services such as schools, health establishments, secondary civil status centers, and markets.
Neighborhood
The district is the basic administrative entity of an urban community, a commune or a district.
District centres that are not established as urban communities are at the same level of administrative division as the village. Thus, their districts are not considered at the same level as the administrative village.
Village
The village is the basic administrative entity of the rural community. It is the last level of administrative division at the level of the rural community in the same way as the district in the urban community or in the district.
Distribution of localities by department according to their administrative status
Department
Commune
District
Borough
Urban community
Neighborhood
Village
Kouilou
0
6
0
3
18
141
Niari
2
14
4
5
112
416
Lekoumou
1
5
1
2
27
111
Bouenza
2
10
3
5
110
429
Pool
2
13
2
6
100
531
Trays
1
11
1
6
54
586
Bowl
2
10
2
5
55
432
West Basin
1
6
1
3
27
200
Sangha
2
6
3
3
50
184
Likouala
1
7
1
4
39
239
Brazzaville
1
1
9
0
93
19
Pointe-Noire
1
1
6
1
86
20
Congo
16
90
33
43
771
3,308
Distribution of the population by department according to gender
