Kwamouth is a small community in Mai-Ndombe province in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

. It is the headquarters of the Kwamouth territory. The town lies at the mouth of the Kwah River, the last stretch of the

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after it has been joined by the

Fimi River The Fimi River (French language, French: ''Rivière Fimi'') is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It flows from Lake Mai-Ndombe to the Kasai River, which in turn empties into the Congo River, Congo. One of the Fimi's tributaries is t ...

, where it enters the

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 Ri ...

. On 2 February 1961 a military Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar operated by Aeronautica Militare Italiana was damaged beyond repair at Kwamouth. There were no fatalities.

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Populated places in Mai-Ndombe Province Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRCongo-geo-stub