Boende is a

territory A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...

of Tshuapa province in the

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. After the town of

Boende Boende is a city and capital of Tshuapa Province, lying on the Tshuapa River, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a river port with riverboats sailing to Kinshasa via Mbandaka and is also home to an airport. As of 2009, it had an estimat ...

became a separately administered

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, it was decided to move the territory's administrative center from there to Wema.

References

Territories of Tshuapa Province {{DRC-geo-stub