Boende
Boende | |
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Provincial capital and city | |
| Ville de Boende | |
  Boende Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Coordinates: 0°16′52″S 20°52′34″E / 0.281°S 20.876°E | |
| Country |  DR Congo |
| Province | Tshuapa |
| Communes | Boende, Tshuapa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mustafa Bosenge |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 36,158 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (West Africa Time) |
| Climate | Af |
Boende is a city and capital of Tshuapa Province, lying on the Tshuapa River, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a river port with riverboats sailing to Kinshasa via Mbandaka and is also home to an airport. As of 2009, it had an estimated population of 36,158.[2] The national language used locally is Lingala.
History
[edit]Boende was captured by mercenaries during the Simba rebellion in January 1964.[3] This battle was documented in the Mondo documentary Africa Addio.
Climate
[edit]Boende has an equatorial tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) and is hot, humid and wet all year round without pronounced variations in temperature or rainfall.
| Climate data for Boende, elevation 351 m (1,152 ft), (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.6 (87.1) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.4 (86.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 156.0 (6.14) |
136.0 (5.35) |
203.0 (7.99) |
174.0 (6.85) |
168.0 (6.61) |
137.0 (5.39) |
128.0 (5.04) |
182.0 (7.17) |
188.0 (7.40) |
215.0 (8.46) |
224.0 (8.82) |
155.0 (6.10) |
2,066 (81.32) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 85 | 83 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 87 | 89 | 86 | 88 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 |
| Source: FAO[4] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Terrible bilan en République démocratique du Congo après la mort de 50 personnes suite au naufrage d'une embarcation. Le drame s'est déroulé mercredi dans le nord-ouest du pays sur la rivière Momboyo". RFI Afrique (in French). 25 May 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Congo (Dem. Rep.): largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Retrieved 21 January 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Fitzsimmons, Scott, ed. (2012), "5 Commando Puts Down the Simba Rebellion", Mercenaries in Asymmetric Conflicts, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 47–108, doi:10.1017/CBO9781139208727.004, ISBN 978-1-107-02691-9, retrieved 6 August 2023
- ^ "CLIMWAT climatic database". Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
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