Boende
Boende is a town 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.
Boende | |
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Provincial capital and city | |
| Ville de Boende | |
.jpg.webp) A partial aerial view of Boende territory, Equateur province, DR Congo. Boende is located on the banks of the river Tshuapa, east of Mbandaka. It encompasses a port and an airport allowing regular connections to Kinshasa via Mbandaka. | |
  Boende Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Coordinates: 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 |
Climate
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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 30.7 (87.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.4 (86.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.5 (77.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.7 (76.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 152 (6.0) |
135 (5.3) |
202 (8.0) |
176 (6.9) |
171 (6.7) |
136 (5.4) |
131 (5.2) |
175 (6.9) |
189 (7.4) |
218 (8.6) |
230 (9.1) |
162 (6.4) |
2,077 (81.9) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- "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.
- "Climate: Boende". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
Capitals of the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
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Provinces are shown between brackets | ||
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