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Boma

Middle Africa

Boma is a port town on the Congo River in Kongo Central Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 100 kilometers upstream from the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent to the border with Angola. It had an estimated population of 162,521 in 2012.

Facts
Population
297,009 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
Sources
1. GeoNames: Boma
GeoNames geonameid 2316702 (Boma), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Opentopodata (SRTM 90 m): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at -5.851,13.0536 (Boma)
Opentopodata (SRTM 90 m)SRTM 90 m lookup at the GeoNames coordinates of Boma, 10 m
Quote, SRTM 90 m lookup at the GeoNames coordinates of Boma, 10 m
"elevation": 10.0
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3. Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Wikipedia)
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some 100 kilometres (62 mi) upstream from the Atlantic Ocean
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4. 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 -5.75, 13.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.75, 13.25
-5.75 13.25 Aw
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5. GeoNames: Boma - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2316702, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2316702, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-5.85098 13.05364 P PPL CD 08 02 297009 11 Africa/Kinshasa
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Wikidata: Boma
Wikidata Q223917, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Boma (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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