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The Makongo River () is a river of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a left tributary of the
Bomokandi River The Bomokandi River is a river in the Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The river originates in the southeast of Haut-Uélé province near Gombari, and flows in a ENE direction through Haut-Uélé and Bas-Uélé Bas-Uélé ...
, which in turn is a tributary of the
Uele River The Uele, also known by the phonetically identical Uélé, Ouélé, or Welle River, is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Course The Uele forms at Dungu, at the confluence of the Dungu and Kibali rivers, which both originate ...
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Course

The Makongo flows through the province of
Bas-Uélé Bas-Uélé (French for "Lower Uélé") is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the forme ...
in a generally NNE direction to its confluence with the Bomokandi. The river rises to the south of the RP415 road. It roughly defines the boundary between the Ganga Dingila Health Zone to the west and the Poko Health Zone to the east. It passes the village of Makongo on its left bank. It enters the Bomokandi to the northwest of Digili. It flows through the
Bambesa Territory Bambesa is a territory of the province of Bas-Uele resulting from the dismemberment of the former Orientale (Eastern) province. Its administrative center is the town of Bambesa. Settlements include the town of Makongo on the Makongo River an ...
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History

The oral history of the Lika people of Wamba Territory states that they came from Bambili (Boa). During their migration some of them stayed beside the Makongo River in the eastern part of
Poko Territory Poko 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 pow ...
, at least from the area they occupy today. The Congo-Nile Expedition of Willem Frans Van Kerckhoven passed through the region in 1891. Captain Pierre Ponthier had to clear the country of Arabs. They had settled on the Makongo and on islands in the Bomokandi. He defeated them in some sharp engagements, helped by local people who could no longer tolerate the slavers. In late October 1891 the Ababua chief Sikito defeated the trader Purukandu on the route from the
Boyoma Falls Boyoma Falls (, , ), formerly known as Stanley Falls ( French: ''Chutes Stanley''; Dutch: ''Stanleywatervallen''), is a series of seven cataracts, each no more than high, extending over more than along a curve of the Lualaba River between the ...
to the Makongo. According to Gustave Gustin the meeting must have taken place on the upper Bima River in mountainous terrain.


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