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Tshuapa Sector
Tshuapa is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the Subdivisions of the DR Congo#New provinces, 2015 repartitioning. Tshuapa, Équateur Province, Équateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, and Sud-Ubangi provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the Équateur (former province), former Équateur province. Tshuapa was formed from the Tshuapa District whose town of Boende was elevated to capital city of the new province. Location The province is named for the Tshuapa River. It is situated in the north-west of the country, on the Congo River. History * Tshuapa was previously administered as a district as part of Équateur province. * On 1924.02.11, the Catholic mission established the Apostolic Prefecture of Tsuapa here, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers. Later, it was renamed on 1926.01.28 as Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville / de Coquilhatville (Latin). Having gained territory from the same Apo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-Romance, a descendant of the Latin spoken in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien language, Francien) largely supplanted. It was also substratum (linguistics), influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the Germanic languages, Germanic Frankish language of the post-Roman Franks, Frankish invaders. As a result of French and Belgian colonialism from the 16th century onward, it was introduced to new territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole, were established. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nord-Ubangi
Nord-Ubangi (French for "North Ubangi") is one of the 21 newest provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Nord-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province. The province is located in the northwestern part of the country on the Ubangi River and was formed from the Nord-Ubangi district and the independently administered city of Gbadolite which became the capital of the new province. Administration The capital is the city of Gbadolite Gbadolite or Gbado-Lite () is the capital of Nord-Ubangi Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town is located south of the Ubangi River at the border to the Central African Republic and northeast of the national capital Kinshasa .... It is divided into four territories: * Bosobolo * Businga * Mobayi-Mbongo * Yakoma References Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monkoto Territory
Monkoto is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in Tshuapa Province. The village of Monkoto (Coordinates:) is within Monkoto Territory. It is on the Momboyo river and is served by Monkoto Airport. Monkoto was the birthplace of Ambroise Boimbo Ambroise Boimbo (died 1981) was a Congolese citizen who snatched the ceremonial sword of King Baudouin I of Belgium on June 29, 1960, in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa) on the eve of the independence of the Belgian Congo. He was a former soldier who ....Sarl,I.(n.d.).Ambroise Boimbo-biographie.Personnages.cd. https://personnages.cd/celebrites/ambroise-boimbo References Statoids.com Retrieved December 8, 2010. {{coord, 1, 37, S, 20, 39, E, type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-frwiki, display=title Populated places in Tshuapa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikela Territory
Ikela Territory an administrative division of Tshuapa Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The headquarters of the Territory is the town of Ikela. The territory is divided into Loile Sector, Lofome Sector, Lokina Sector, Tumbenga Sector and Tshuapa Sector. History Near the former front line, the town was largely destroyed during the Second Congo War (1998-2002) during the siege by forces of the Congolese Rally for Democracy. The population of about 15,000, which fled at the time, is now rebuilding the town. The town of Ikela endured a siege of about a year, from 1998 to 1999, marking one of the darkest periods in its history. On a Sunday in January 1998, around 3 p.m., a violent attack was launched by a group of Rwandan and Ugandan rebels, affiliated with the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD). The attackers, heavily armed, appeared wearing the uniforms of the 227th Brigade—also nicknamed "two two seven"—thus creating confusion among the population and local f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djolu Territory
Djolu is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in Tshuapa Province Tshuapa is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Tshuapa, Équateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, and Sud-Ubangi provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur prov .... References Statoids.com Retrieved December 8, 2010. Territories of Tshuapa Province {{Tshuapa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokungu Territory
Bokungu is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in Tshuapa Province Tshuapa is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Tshuapa, Équateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, and Sud-Ubangi provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur prov .... ReferencesStatoids.com Retrieved December 8, 2010. {{coord, 0, 40, S, 22, 18, E, type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-frwiki, display=title Populated places in Tshuapa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boende Territory
Boende is a territory of Tshuapa province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After the town of Boende became a separately administered city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ..., it was decided to move the territory's administrative center from there to Wema. References Territories of Tshuapa Province {{DRC-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Befale Territory
Befale is a community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the administrative center of Befale Territory, located in Tshuapa province. The town lies on the road linking Boende to Basankusu Basankusu is a town in Province of Équateur, Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the main town and administrative centre of the Basankusu Territory. In 2004, it had an estimated population of 23,764. It has a gravel Basank .... As of 2012 the estimated population was 3,879. References Populated places in Tshuapa {{DRCongo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Nouvelle-Anvers
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lisala () is a Latin Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Mbandaka-Bikoro in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, named after its Episcopal see, see, located in the city of Lisala. History * Established on 3 April 1919, as Apostolic Vicariate (missionary, exempt pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of Nouvelle-Anvers, on territory split off from the then-Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville * Repeatedly lost territory, to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Tsuapa (11 February 1924), Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville (28 January 1926) and Apostolic Prefecture of Basankusu (28 July 1926). * 27 January 1936: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lisala * Lost territory on 14 June 1951 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Isangi * 10 November 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Lisala, becoming a suffragan of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro * Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Prefecture Of Tsuapa
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro () is the Metropolitan See for the Latin Rite Ecclesiastical province of Mbandaka-Bikoro, in the western part of Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is under the authority of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The cathedral archiepiscopal see is at the Cathedral of St. Eugene, in Mbandaka, Équateur Province. Statistics As per 2015, it pastorally served 646,000 Catholics (52.4% of 1,232,000 total population) on 95,000 km² in 34 parishes with 87 priests (56 diocesan, 31 religious), 238 lay religious (82 brothers, 156 sisters) and 42 seminarians. History * Established on 11 February 1924 as Apostolic Prefecture of Tsuapa, on colonial territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers * 28 January 1926: Renamed after its see as Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatstad=Coquilhatville, having gained more territory from the above Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers * 3 January 1931: Lost te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congo River
The Congo River, formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third-largest river in the world list of rivers by discharge, by discharge volume, following the Amazon River, Amazon and Ganges rivers. It is the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths of around . The Congo–Lualaba River, Lualaba–Luvua River, Luvua–Luapula River, Luapula–Chambeshi River system has an overall length of , which makes it the world's ninth-List of rivers by length, longest river. The Chambeshi is a tributary of the Lualaba River, and ''Lualaba'' is the name of the Congo River upstream of Boyoma Falls, extending for . Measured along with the Lualaba, the main tributary, the Congo River has a total length of . It is the only major river to cross the equator twice. The Congo Basin has a total area of about , or 13% of the entire African landmass. Name The name ''Congo/Kongo'' originates from the Kingdom of Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tshuapa District
Tshuapa District (, ), was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in 1933 in the Coquilhatville Province. At its greatest extent it roughly corresponded to the present provinces of Équateur and Tshuapa. Location The original four provinces of the Belgian Congo had considerable autonomy, but in 1933 they were reorganized into six provinces, named after their capitals, and the central government assumed more control. The former Équateur Province was renamed Coquilhatville Province after the capital city of Coquilhatville. A map of the 1933 administrative divisions shows Bangala District and Ubangi District had been merged to form Congo-Ubangi District in the north. In the south, the districts of Lulonga and Équateur had been combined to form Tshuapa District. Tshuapa District bordered the French possessions across the Congo River to the west, Congo-Ubangi District to the north, Stanleyville District to the east, and Sankuru, Kas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
