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Tshikapa

Middle Africa

Tshikapa is the capital of Kasai Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located at the confluence of the Tshikapa and Kasai rivers about 60 kilometers north of the Angolan border. Its population grew from 38,900 in 1970 to 180,900 in 1994 before the Congo wars and the Kamwina Nsapu rebellion triggered waves of internal displacement, and the World Population Review estimates its 2025 urban agglomeration population at 1,185,920.

Facts
Population
1,006,387 1
Founding Year
1901 to 1910 2
Population Estimate Year
2023 1
Elevation (m)
485 1
Latitude
6.416667 degrees south 1
Longitude
20.8 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Coastal
No 4
Climate Zone
Tropical 5
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 3
Sources
1. Tshikapa (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 1,006,387 (2023)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -6.416667, longitude 20.8
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 485 m
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 1006387 (2023)
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2. Tshikapa (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    The city was founded by Forminière, an American/Belgian mining consortium which discovered diamonds near this location in the early 1900s.
  • In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. GeoNames: Tshikapa - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 204953
    -6.41621 20.79995 P PPLA2 CD 18 01 634529 484 Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 484 m
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4. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Democratic Republic of the Congo
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Geography note and Coastline
Quote, Geography note and Coastline
the narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River is the DRC's only outlet to the South Atlantic Ocean
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5. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -6.25, 20.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -6.25, 20.75
-6.25 20.75 Aw
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