Bolobo
Sign in to savethumb|350px|Stanley's route is depicted by the solid black line. Bolobo is a town on the Congo River in Mai-Ndombe Province in the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the administrative center of Bolobo Territory. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 31,366.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bolobo
- Region
- Mai-Ndombe
- Country
- République démocratique du Congo
- Population
- 47,032
- Timezone
- Africa/Kinshasa
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bolobo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mai-Ndombe
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Territory
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bolobo
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Located in
- Bolobo Territory
- Area
- +4056
- Image
- BOLOBO.jpg
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- People
- Early European visitors
- Mission activities
- References
thumb|350px|Stanley's route is depicted by the solid black line. Bolobo is a town on the Congo River in Mai-Ndombe Province in the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the administrative center of Bolobo Territory. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 31,366.
==People== The predominant ethnic group is that of the Banunu people, who originate from upriver and whose Bobangi language was the former trade language for the area. Lingala, one of the four national languages of the DRC, is now used as the lingua franca. Other local ethnicities include the Bateke (the natives of this area) and Batende, who have their own Bantu languages.