Sembé is a village located in the Sangha Department of the

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. It is the administrative seat of the

Sembé District Sembé is a district in the Sangha Region of north-western Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Demo ...

Geography

Sembé is located about 1,193 km from

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and about 1,581 km from

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. In 2010, Sembé was covered near completely in tree cover, with 868 kilohectares. By 2022, the village lost 1.35 kilohectares, equivalent to 988 kilotons of

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Economy

Sembé is home to the only permanent illegal

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market. In 2007, a road from

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to Sembé was opened, which allowed for the bushmeat trade. To stop the trade, an

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program was created, which employed 10 guards. In 2019, a 160 kilometer road connecting

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to Sembé was completed. The road costed 100 billion

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, and the opening ceremony was attended by president

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sembe Sangha Department (Republic of the Congo) Populated places in the Republic of the Congo