Boende is the capital of Tshuapa Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a river port on the Tshuapa River with an airport and, as of 2009, about 36,158 residents. It lies in a tropical rainforest region where Lingala is the national language spoken locally. The city was captured by mercenaries during the Simba rebellion in January 1964, an event documented in the film Africa Addio. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. GeoNames: Boende
GeoNames geonameid 218680 (Boende), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Boende (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -0.281667, longitude 20.880556
Boende (Wikipedia)
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Boende is a city and capital of Tshuapa Province, lying on the Tshuapa River, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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