Mossendjo (can also be written as ''Mosenjo'' or ''Mosendjo'') is a town and a commune located in the

Niari Department Niari (can also be written as ''Niadi'') is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the western part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Kouilou, and Lékoumou, and internationally, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of th ...

of the

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. It is divided into 2 urban boroughs (''arrondissements''): # Bouali # Itsibou

Railways

The town lies on the

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branch of the Congo railway system.

Infrastructure

Mossendjo is a city of almost 20,000 people. It is the regional hub city of the Chaillu Massif mountainous region, north of

Dolisie Dolisie, known as Loubomo (or Lubomo) between 1975 and 1991, is a city and a commune. It is the capital of Niari in the south western of the Republic of the Congo, the country's third largest city and an important commercial centre. The city lie ...

and south of Mayoko and

. The infrastructure of Mossendjo has been improved since 2006, owing to the Congo government's program of revitalizing Mossendjo and Dolisie. New streets and sewage drainage systems have been constructed in both cities. Mossendjo Airport has regularly scheduled airline service to

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and

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, via Air Maouene. Road access to Dolisie and Mayoko still is via rough, sometimes graded dirt roads. The region has cell phone coverage service by

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Economy

Logging Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidder, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or trunk (botany), logs onto logging truck, trucksRailway stations in Congo Railway stations in the Republic of the Congo (Congo) include: Maps image:congo republic sm04.png, Map of the Republic of the Congo UN MapUNHCR Atlas MapReliefWebUNJLC Rail map of Southern Africa** misses line to Franceville Stations served ...

References

{{reflist Niari Department Populated places in the Republic of the Congo