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[[File:DCongoKasai.png|thumb|right|Location of Kasai province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]

'''Kasai''' (''[[French language|French]]: Province du Kasaï'') is one of [[Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|25 proposed provinces]] of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] specified in the country's [[wikisource:fr:Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo|2005 Constitution (effective 18 February 2006)]], under Article 2.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_de_la_R%C3%A9publique_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Congo#Article_2 | title = Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 2 | publisher = [[Wikisource]]}}</ref> It was to be created from country's the existing [[ISO 3166-2:CD|10 provinces]] within 36 months (18 February 2009), according to Article 226.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_de_la_R%C3%A9publique_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Congo#Article_2 | title = Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 226 | publisher = [[Wikisource]]}}</ref> As of October 2010, this had not taken place.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/2010/10/amp-conclave-another-step-towards-2011.html | title = The AMP conclave: Another step towards 2011 elections | publisher = Congo Siasa}}</ref>

Prior to the 2006 Constitution, it formed part of the [[Kasai-Occidental]] province; its neighbor to the southeast, [[Lulua Province]], was also formed from Kasai-Occidental. It is also bordered by [[Kwango Province]] to the southwest, [[Sankuru Province]], [[Tshuapa Province]], [[Kwilu Province]], [[Mai-Ndombe Province]], and the nation of [[Angola]] in the south.

The capital of Kasai province is the town of [[Luebo]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/ucd.html |title = Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo | publisher = Statiods.com}}</ref>

==City==
* [[Tshikapa]]

==Territories==
* [[Dekese]]
* [[Ilebo]]
* [[Kamonia]]
* [[Luebo]]
* [[Mweka, Democratic Republic of the Congo|Mweka]]

==References==
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{{Proposed provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo}}

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