View source for 1966 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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{{Year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|1966}}
The following lists events that happened during '''1966 in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]'''.
==Incumbents==
*President – [[Mobutu Sese Seko]]
* [[List of heads of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Prime Minister]]: [[Léonard Mulamba]]
==Events==
{|class=wikitable
!style="width:8em" |Date !!Event
|-
|(over the whole year)
| ''[[Géomines]]'' produces  2,818 tonnes of [[cassiterite]].{{sfn|Woodmansee|1969|p=218}}
|-
| 25 April
| [[Cuvette Centrale (province)|Cuvette Centrale]], [[Ubangi Province|Ubangi]], and [[Moyen-Congo (former province)|Moyen-Congo]] are reunited as [[Équateur (former province)|Équateur Province]].{{sfn|Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces}}
|-
| 30 May
|  Archdiocese of Léopoldville renamed the [[Archdiocese of Kinshasa]]
|-
| 26 October
| Post of prime minister is abolished
|-
| 28 December
| [[Kivu Province]] is recreated from the provinces of [[Maniema]], [[North Kivu]] and [[South Kivu]].{{sfn|Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces}}
|-
| 28 December
| [[Orientale Province]] is formally reconstituted from the amalgamation of [[Kibali-Ituri]], [[Uélé Province|Uélé]] and [[Haut-Congo Province|Haut-Congo]] provinces.{{sfn|Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces}}
|}
== Births ==
* 25 June – [[Dikembe Mutombo]], basketball player
==References==
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==Sources==
{{refbegin}}
*{{citation |url=https://rulers.org/cngkprov.html |accessdate=2020-08-05 |work=Rulers.org |ref={{harvid|Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces}}
|title=Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces}}
*{{citation |url=https://images.library.wisc.edu/EcoNatRes/EFacs2/MineralsYearBk/MinYB1967v4/reference/econatres.minyb1967v4.wwoodmansee.pdf
|last=Woodmansee |first= Walter C. |chapter=The Mineral Industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) |pages=213–218
|publisher=Bureau of Mines |title=Minerals yearbook: Area reports: international 1967 |year=1969 |volume=IV }}
{{refend}}
{{Years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
{{Year in Africa|1966}}
[[Category:1966 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
[[Category:1966 by country|Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
[[Category:1966 in Africa|Congo, Democratic Republic]]