Kituba is spoken as the primary language in the large Bakongo cities of Moanda, Boma, Matadi, Pointe-Noire, Dolisie, Nkayi, and Brazzaville and also in large non-Bakongo cities of Bandundu, Kikwit, and Ilebo.
The first municipal elections were held in Moyen-Congo on November 18, 1956, in three municipalities: Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire and Dolisie.