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Boende

Middle Africa

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/

Facts
Population
50,794 1
Latitude
0.281667 degrees south 2
Longitude
20.880556 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Coastal
No 4
Climate Zone
Tropical 5
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
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
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3. GeoNames: Boende - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 218680
    -0.28163 20.88053 P PPLA CD 31 02 50794 349 Africa/Kinshasa
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 349 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 -0.25, 20.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -0.25, 20.75
-0.25 20.75 Af
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Boende (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    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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