Mbuji-Mayi

Mbuji-Mayi is made up of five communes, each headed by a burgomaster.

Diamonds were first discovered in the area as early as 1907.

In 1963, MIBA officially recorded producing 1.4 million karats of diamonds, while smugglers exported between 4 million and 6 million more karats.

The city lacks much of the organization and classic European architecture that other major cities in the DRC inherited from the Belgian colonists.

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).