Boende
Boende | |
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Provincial capital and city | |
| Ville de Boende | |
 A partial aerial view of Boende territory, Equateur province, DR Congo. Boende, the epicenter of the current Ebola viral disease, 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°16′52″S 20°52′34″E / 0.281°S 20.876°ECoordinates: 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 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.
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.
| hideClimate data for Boende | |||||||||||||
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| 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.[dead link]
- ^ "Climate: Boende". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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