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Kasongo
EntityQ587152· pop 21· linked from 73 articles

Also known as Piani Kasongo

nederzetting in Congo-Kinshasa

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Place details

Locality
Kasongo
Region
Maniema
Country
République démocratique du Congo
Population
81,629
Timezone
Africa/Lubumbashi

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name
Kasongo Territory
Settlement.settlement_type
Territory
Settlement.pushpin_map
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Maniema
Settlement.founder
Shirazis • Waungwana (town)
Settlement.population_total
63000
Settlement.blank_name
National language
Settlement.blank_info
Kiswahili
Settlement.elevation_m
666

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Population
13798
Elevation
665
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Sources (4)

via Wikidata · CC0

Article · Nederlands

Kasongo is een plaats van ongeveer 63.000 inwoners in de Democratische Republiek Congo, in de provincie Maniema. In 1875 stichtte de slavenhandelaar Tippo Tip hier een handelspost. Op zijn derde expeditie in Afrika werd Kasongo bezocht door Henry Morton Stanley. Kasongo was omstreden in de Veldtochten van de Kongo-Vrijstaat tegen de Arabo-Swahili tussen 1892 en 1894 en de in 1898.

Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

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