Kiri Territory is an administrative region of
Mai-Ndombe Province
Mai-Ndombe is one of the 21 newest provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning when the former Bandundu province was split-up into the new provinces of Mai-Ndombe, Kwango, and Kwilu. Mai-Ndombe was for ...
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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. The headquarters is the town of
Kiri.
Location
Kiri territory has sandy clay soils, supporting food crops that include cassava, maize, banana, peanut, yams, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, rice, beans, vegetables,
robusta coffee
''Coffea canephora'' (especially ''C. canephora var. robusta'', so predominantly cultivated that it is often simply termed ''Coffea robusta'', or commonly robusta coffee) is a species of coffee plant that has its origins in central and west ...
, cocoa and palm.
Most of the land is covered with rain forest.
The southern boundary is defined by the
Lokoro River, which flows from the southeast, entering
Lake Mai-Ndombe at the westernmost point of the territory.
Kiri Territory is divided into the Beronge, Lutoy and
Pendjwa sectors.
Economy
The Kiri General Hospital was rehabilitated in 1983, and a farmers cooperative was established in 1995.
As of 1997 Kiri Territory had a population of 121,604 within an area of , or about 11 people per square kilometer. Trade was mostly with
Kinshasa
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via the neighboring territory of
Inongo to the west, handled by a cartel of traders who controlled prices.
Local products such as manioc or fish were exchanged for manufactured goods such as hammocks or machetes.
As of 2004 the territory lacked electricity and drinking water supplies, and had no telephone, radio or television service.
It does have an airport (
Basango Mboliasa Airport) in good condition that is used for occasional unscheduled flights.
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Territories of Mai-Ndombe Province
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