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Pool Department
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Key facts
- Country
- Republic of the Congo
- Capital
- Kinkala
- Total
- 33,955 km (13,110 sq mi)
- Density
- 11.619/km (30.094/sq mi)
- Hdi 2018
- 0.484 , low · 12th of 12
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of the Republic of the Congo
- Country
- Republic of the Congo
- Located in
- Republic of the Congo
- Capital
- Kinkala
- Population
- 394532
- Area
- 32510
- Elevation
- 420
- Shares border with
- Kinshasa
- Image
- Rive nord du Pool Malebo.JPG
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- language used
- Suundi
- Commons category
- Pool Department
- topic's main category
- Category:Pool Department
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Encyclopedic overview
Pool (Kongo: Mpumbu, Nsundi, Mbula Ntangu) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southeastern part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Lékoumou, and Plateaux. Internationally, it borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It also surrounds the commune district of the national capital, Brazzaville.
The regional capital is Kinkala. Main towns include Boko, Kindamba and Mindouli. In the early 2000s, the Pool region was the home of a low-level insurgency led by Pasteur Ntumi. The inhabitants of this department are the Kongo, the Téké and the Native population (Pygmies).
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