Pool ( kg, Mpumbu, Nsundi, Mbula Ntangu) is a
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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of the
Republic of the Congo
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in the southeastern part of the country. It borders the departments of
Bouenza,
Lékoumou, and
Plateaux. Internationally, it borders the
Democratic Republic of the Congo. It also surrounds the commune district of the national capital,
Brazzaville
Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLI ...
.
The regional capital is
Kinkala
Kinkala is a town located in southeastern Republic of the Congo. It is the capital city of Kinkala District and the Pool Region
Pool ( kg, Mpumbu, Nsundi, Mbula Ntangu) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southeastern part ...
. Principal towns include
Boko,
Kindamba and
Mindouli. In the early 2000s, the Pool region was the home of a low-level insurgency led by
Pasteur Ntumi. The inhabitants of this department are the
Kongo, the
Téké
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and the
Native population (Pygmies).
The region is named after the
Pool Malebo (formerly Stanley Pool), a particularly wide stretch of the
Congo River here.
Administrative divisions
Pool Department is divided into thirteen districts:
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Kinkala District
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Boko District
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Mindouli District
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Kindamba District
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Goma Tsé-Tsé District
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Mayama District
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Ngabé District
Ngabe is a district in the Pool Region of south-eastern Republic of the Congo. The capital lies at Ngabe.
Towns and villages
Mbé was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on June 12, 2008 in the Cultural category.
Notable people
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Mbanza–Ndounga District
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Louingui District
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Loumo District
Loumo is a district in the Pool Department of Republic of the Congo
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Ignié District
Ignié is a district in the Pool Department of Republic of the Congo
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Vindza District
Vindza (can also be written as ''Vinza'') is a district in the Pool Department of Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic ...
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Kimba District
Kimba is a district in the Pool Department of Republic of the Congo
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References
Republic of the Congo at GeoHive
Departments of the Republic of the Congo
Congo River
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