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Kasaï-Occidental (former administrative division) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 04 30 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -4.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Part of the former Kasai province that was divided in 1962 to ease internal conflicts among the two main ethic groups: the Luba (now mostly in Kasai-Oriental) & the Lulua (in Kasai-Occidental); area yields gem diamonds & gold. Province dissolved in 2016. |
Names: |
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| Kasaï-Occidental (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Kasaï-Occidental, Province du (C,V,display)
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| Kasai-Occidental (C,V)
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| Western Kasai (C,O)
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| Province du Kasaï-Occidental (C,U,O)
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| Région du Kasai-Occidental (C,U)
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| West Kasai (C,U)
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| Kasaï-Occidental Province (C,U,English)
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| Kasai-Occidental, Région du (H,V)
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Place Types: |
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| former administrative division (preferred, C) |
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| province (H) |
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1962-2016 |
| first level subdivision (H) |
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1962-2016 |
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