Boende is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Tshuapa River, east of Mbandaka.[1] It is the capital of Tshuapa District. It is a river port with ferries sailing to Kinshasa via Mbandanka and is also home to an airport. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 36,158.[2] The national language used locally is Lingala.
[edit] References
- ^ Umutesi, Marie Béatrice (5 October 2004). Surviving the slaughter: the ordeal of a Rwandan refugee in Zaire. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 188. ISBN 9780299204945. http://books.google.com/books?id=X9pCh_N2atgC&pg=PA188. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Congo (Dem. Rep.): largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-46. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provinces are shown between brackets
|
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
