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Kenge

Middle Africa

Kenge is the capital of Kwango Province in the southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town had about 44,743 residents as of 2012 and is organized into five communes, including Cinq Mai and Laurent Desire Kabila. It lies in a tropical savanna region and is served by Kenge Airport. 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
63,317 1
Coastal
No 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. GeoNames: Kenge
GeoNames geonameid 2314935 (Kenge), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. 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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3. 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, 13.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.75, 13.75
-5.75 13.75 Aw
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4. GeoNames: Kenge - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2314935, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2314935, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-5.76521 13.65711 P PPL CD 08 11 63317 241 Africa/Kinshasa
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Kenge, Kwango (Wikipedia)
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Kenge is the capital of Kwango Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Kenge (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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