Talk:Chiefdoms and sectors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Administrative subdivision cleanup

Can someone at least try to keep on track on cleaning up this page by completing the rest of the subdivisions (chiefdoms & sectors) of each territory & commune of each district & city of each province? It's been outdated since the late 2000s. Plus, I assume that many changes occur since the decentralisation of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2015. Thanks in advance. jlog3000 (talk) 00:16, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

@Johnluisocasio: It's been a while, and I've made significant progress on this, but there is quite a bit more work to be done. Subdivisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo says there should be 1045 items in this list (as of 2018 election, the number has increased since then). Copying the article's actual list into a text editor, I count only 806 items. I've mostly been working from the Reférentiel Geographique Commun map linked at the bottom of the page, but the map does not show the city communes, so there's probably quite a few missing. The main issue now is trying to find what needs to be added. 〈 Forbes₇₂ | Talk 〉 22:38, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Greetings @Forbes72 Thanks for letting me know. I will go check out on each page available. Also by any chance, is there a website where they focus on the chiefdoms & sectors, alongside their subsequent lower-level sub-municipal units (i.e.: villages or localities or settlements or hamlets on rural areas; and neighborhoods or quarters or communities on urban areas)? jlog3000 (talk) 22:43, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

The website rgc.cd seems to have some granular information, but you may have to dig around to find what you're looking for (it's all in French). 〈 Forbes₇₂ | Talk 〉 23:02, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I will check it out. jlog3000 (talk) 00:02, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

@Johnluisocasio: Update: I've since found a .pdf with a complete list of groupings in a reference on frwiki [1]. No coördinates, but it does list all 5909 groupings by sector/chiefdom, territory, and province. 〈 Forbes₇₂ | Talk 〉 23:10, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Cool. Will have a look on that one. Thanks for sharing this piece of info. Also, by any chance are there any kinds of info on the villages (per each grouping) for rural areas, and the neighborhoods (sorted or grouped by the quarters) for urban areas? Any update would be very appreciated. jlog3000 (talk) 23:30, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Split out communes.

I would like to split out the communes into a new article "Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" which is already a redirect. Any objections? Zoocat56 (talk) 19:30, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

I was considering the same thing. It's possible to make an argument that they should all be in one list, like how there are a few municipalities and independent cities included in List of United States counties and county equivalents, but those are edge cases, whereas communes are a regular feature in all the provinces of the DRC. Two pages is definitely easier to navigate, plus there's a natural split since cities and territories are organized differently. I'm in favor of a split. I suggest adding a link to the new page on Template:Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the split. 〈 Forbes₇₂ | Talk 〉 23:53, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Ok I moved the commune data to its own article. By the way I'm working on the missing article on city administrative divisions. Zoocat56 (talk) 22:15, 19 March 2023 (UTC)