Boende
Sign in to saveBoende is a city and capital of Tshuapa Province, lying on the Tshuapa River, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a river port with riverboats sailing to Kinshasa via Mbandaka and is also home to an airport. As of 2009, it had an estimated population of 36,158. The national language used locally is Lingala.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Boende
- Settlement.official_name
- Ville de Boende
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Provincial capital and city
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- Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- bottom
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- Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px DR Congo
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tshuapa
- Settlement.parts_type
- Communes
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.p1
- Boende
- Settlement.p2
- Tshuapa
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mustafa Bosenge
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2009
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Boende is a city and capital of Tshuapa Province, lying on the Tshuapa River, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a river port with riverboats sailing to Kinshasa via Mbandaka and is also home to an airport. As of 2009, it had an estimated population of 36,158. The national language used locally is Lingala.
== History == Boende was captured by mercenaries during the Simba rebellion in January 1964. This battle was documented in the Mondo documentary Africa Addio.