Moanda

Moanda, also spelled Muanda, is a town and territory on the Atlantic coast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the mouth of the Congo River in Kongo Central Province. It lies about eight kilometres northwest of the small port of Banana and some 100 kilometres downstream of Boma, the second largest port of the country. The town has an airport and is known for its beaches, though tourism is incidental to its main economic activities, which include the Moanda Oil Terminal offshore to the southwest. The width and depth of the river let seagoing vessels reach Boma and Matadi. Census tables compiled by City Population give an estimated 74,397 inhabitants for 2004, and its climate is tropical wet and dry.