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Niari Niadi
Department
Niari, department of the Republic of the Congo
Country	Republic of the Congo
Capital	Dolisie
Area
• Total	25,942 km (10,016 sq mi)
Population
• Total	334,863
• Density	13/km (33/sq mi)
HDI (2018)	0.567 medium · 4th of 12

Niari (can also be written as Niadi) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the western part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Kouilou, and Lékoumou, and internationally, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Cabinda portion of Angola. The regional capital is Dolisie.

Administrative divisions

According to an administrational reorganisation of 2012, Niari Department is divided into fourteen districts and two communes not belonging to any district:

Districts

1. Louvakou District
2. Kibangou District
3. Divénié District
4. Mayoko District
5. Kimongo District
6. Moutamba District
7. Banda District
8. Londéla–Kayes District
9. Makabana District
10. Mbinda District
11. Moungoundou-Sud District
12. Nyanga District
13. Moungoundou-Nord District
14. Yaya District

Communes

1. Dolisie
2. Mossendjo

References

1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
2. M., A. (1885). "Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (de Londres)". Le Globe. Revue genevoise de géographie (in French). 24 (1): 57–60. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

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