Oshwe
Sign in to saveOshwe is a community in Mai-Ndombe province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the headquarters of Oshwe territory. The town lies on the Lukenie River. The estimated population as of 2012 was 22,576. The town is served by Oshwe Airport at an elevation of .
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The entry is geolocated on the map in CD, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Populated places in Mai-Ndombe Province.
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Oshwe is a community in Mai-Ndombe province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the headquarters of Oshwe territory. The town lies on the Lukenie River. The estimated population as of 2012 was 22,576. The town is served by Oshwe Airport at an elevation of .
In September 2010 hundreds of people demonstrated against SODEFOR (Société de Développement Forestier), a subsidiary of Nordsudtimber of Liechtenstein. They were demanding a halt to industrial logging in the region, which degrades the rainforest on which the community depends without bringing benefits to the impoverished community.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oshwe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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