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Kirungu
Kirungu is a town located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Tanganyika province. It is inland from Moba port, the administrative center of Moba Territory. Kirungu was formerly called Baudouinville (or Boudewijnstad in Dutch), and was the site of a White Fathers mission founded in 1893 by Father Victor Roelens. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu is based in Kirunga and Kalemie, to the north. Geography Kirungu is situated a few kilometers from the western shore of the southern part of Lake Tanganyika, south-east of Kalemie, to which it is linked by regular boat services. It is on a plateau above the lake and 5 km from Moba. The town lies along National Highway 34 which connects it to the jetty in Moba and to the north-south running National Highway 5 in the west. Kirungu lies just south of the Mulobozi river. The Marungu highlands The Marungu highlands are in the Tanganyika Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the west of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Kalemie–Kirungu
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu ( la, Kalemien(sis) – Kirunguen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kalemie– Kirungu in the Ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. History * January 11, 1887: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Congo from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika in Tanzania * December 26, 1929: Some territory was lost to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu * July 11, 1939: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baudouinville * January 10, 1952: Some territory was lost to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Kasongo * November 10, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Baudouinville * April 24, 1971: Some territory was lost to establish the Diocese of Manono * August 22, 1972: Renamed as Diocese of Kalemie – Kirungu Bishops Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order * Bishops of Kalemie–Kirungu (Latin Rite) ** Bishop Jean-Christophe Amade Aloma, M. Afr. (since 2015.03.31) ** Bishop Dominique Kimp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moba Port
Moba is a town located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Tanganyika Province. It is the administrative center of Moba Territory. Location Moba is situated on the western shore of the southern part of Lake Tanganyika, south-east of Kalemie, to which it is linked by regular boat services. The Rafiki is the largest and most comfortable of the available ferry services. The larger town of Kirungu (Kilungu) is on a plateau above the lake and 5 km from Moba. A dirt road leads down from Kirungu to a jetty in Moba. Moba lies just south of the Mulobozi river. The Marungu highlands, a range of steep rugged hills, rises behind the town, bisected by the Mulobozi. The smaller northern section rises to an elevation of about and the larger southern section to about . The highest mountain in Moba is called Murumbi. People In 1984 Moba had a population of 25,463. Its ethnic identity is mostly Tabwa. History The city was created in 1893 by White Fathers who established a post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Fathers
The White Fathers (french: Pères Blancs), officially the Missionaries of Africa ( la, Missionarii Africae) abbreviated MAfr), are a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right (for Men) Founded in 1868 by then Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers, Algiers Charles Lavigerie, Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie. The society focuses on evangelism and education, mostly in Africa. In 2021, there were 1428 members of the Missionaries of Africa of 36 nationalities, working in 42 countries, in 217 communities. History image:Maison-Carrée Pères Blancs.jpg, The first convent in Maison-Carrée The cholera epidemic of 1867 left a large number of Algerian orphans, and the education and Christian instruction of these children was the occasion of the founding of the society in Maison-Carrée (now El-Harrach) near Algiers; but from its inception the founder had in mind the conversion of the Arabs and the peoples of Central Africa. Lavigerie inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Roelens
Victor Roelens (° Ardooie, 21 July 1858 - † Boudewijnstad, 5 August 1947) was a Belgian priest who became Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo in 1895, and remained the premier bishop in the Congo Free State, then the Belgian Congo, until he retired in 1941. Youth Roelens was born on 21 July 1858 in Ardooie as Victor Theodoor Roelens, the third son of Cesar Roelens and his mother, Rosalia Vervisch. He had two older brothers Emiel and Adolf, and two younger sisters Lucia and Marie-Emily. His father was a gardener at the nearby Chateau des Comtes de Jonghe d'Ardoye. Being rather poor, the family received financial support from the castle lords and could send the three sons to college. Like his brothers before him, Victor boarded at Sint-Jozef College, Tielt, from the age of 13. Though all classes were in French, he quickly learned the language and came out at the top of his class in his first year. During a winter, whilst playing on a pond in Pittem, he slipped and broke his nose, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moba Territory
Moba Territory is a territory in the Tanganyika Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative center is Moba port. The territory has an estimated area of and a population of almost 610,000. Geography and climate The west of the territory is bounded by Lake Tanganyika and the south by Zambia. To the north is Kalemie Territory and to the east Manono Territory and Pweto Territory. Rivers flowing through the territory include the Mulobozi River, Lufako River, Mulondi River, Lunangwa River and the Tshama River. Moba-Port has a tropical climate, with a dry season from June to August. Temperatures range from around to , but may fall as low as in June or July. Inland at and higher elevations the climate is cooler. Subdivisions The territory contains the following chiefdoms or sectors: * Bena-Kamanya Sector * Bena-Tanga Chiefdom * Kansabala Chiefdom * Kayabala Chiefdom *Manda Chiefdom Economy Lake Tanganyika is of great importance as a source of fish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 34 (Democratic Republic Of The Congo)
The following highways are numbered 34: for a list of roads numbered N34 : see list of N34 roads. International * Asian Highway 34 * European route E34 Australia * Cox Peninsula Road (Northern Territory) * (Sydney) * Maroondah Highway (Victoria) Canada * Alberta Highway 34 (defunct) * Manitoba Highway 34 * Ontario Highway 34 * Saskatchewan Highway 34 Costa Rica * National Route 34 Czech Republic * part of I/34 Highway; Czech: Silnice I/34 India * National Highway 34 (India) Israel * Highway 34 (Israel) Italy * Autostrada A34 Japan * Japan National Route 34 * Nagasaki Expressway * Ōita Expressway Korea, South * National Route 34 New Zealand * New Zealand State Highway 34 Thailand * Highway 34 (Debaratana Road) United Kingdom * British A34 (Winchester-Salford) United States * U.S. Route 34 * Alabama State Route 34 * California State Route 34 ** County Route J34 (California) ** County Route S34 (California) * Connecticut Route 34 * Delaware Route 34 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Communautaire De Moba
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to an antenna which radiates the waves, and received by another antenna connected to a radio receiver. Radio is very widely used in modern technology, in radio communication, radar, radio navigation, remote control, remote sensing, and other applications. In radio communication, used in radio and television broadcasting, cell phones, two-way radios, wireless networking, and satellite communication, among numerous other uses, radio waves are used to carry information across space from a transmitter to a receiver, by modulating the radio signal (impressing an information signal on the radio wave by varying some aspect of the wave) in the transmitter. In radar, used to locate and track objects like aircraft, ships, spacecraft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Du Kirungu
Stade (), officially the Hanseatic City of Stade (german: Hansestadt Stade, nds, Hansestadt Stood) is a city in Lower Saxony in northern Germany. First mentioned in records in 934, it is the seat of the district () which bears its name. It is located roughly to the west of Hamburg and belongs to that city's wider metropolitan region. Within the area of the city are the urban districts of Bützfleth, Hagen, Haddorf and Wiepenkathen, each of which have a council () of their own with some autonomous decision-making rights. Stade is located in the lower regions of the river Elbe. It is also on the German Timber-Frame Road. History The first human settlers came to the Stade area in 30,000 BC. Since 1180 Stade belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In early 1208 King Valdemar II of Denmark and his troops conquered Stade. In August Valdemar II's cousin being in enmity with the king, the then Prince-Archbishop Valdemar reconquered the city only to lose it soon aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marungu Highlands
The Marungu highlands are in the Tanganyika Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the west of the southern half of Lake Tanganyika. Location The highlands are divided by the Mulobozi River, which flow into the lake just north of Moba port. The northern section reaches an altitude of while the larger southern part reaches . Mean annual rainfall is around , mostly falling between October and April. The soil is relatively low in nutrients. A sublacustrine swell extends from the Marungu plateau under the southern basin of Lake Tanganyika, subdividing it into the Albertville and Zongwe basins. The Zongwe trough holds the deepest part of the lake, at below the present lake level. Alluvial cones from the rivers that drain the Marungu Plateau are present at the foot of the Zongwe trough, and there are many V-shaped valleys below the lake level. These features indicate that during the Quaternary (2.588 million years ago to the present) the lake level varied greatly, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 5 (Democratic Republic Of The Congo)
Route 5, or Highway 5, may refer to routes in the following countries: International * Asian Highway 5 * European route E05 * European route E005 Argentina * National Route 5 Australia New South Wales * M5 Motorway (Sydney) * The Detour or Toll free Route of the M5 East (https://roadsaustralia.weebly.com/sydneys-guide-to-toll-roads.html) Northern Territory * Tanami Road Queensland * Centenary Motorway (Brisbane) * **Centenary Motorway (Brisbane) ** Western Freeway (Brisbane) * Legacy Way (Brisbane) * State Route 5 (Queensland) – Peak Downs Highway * Metroad 5 - Brisbane South Australia * Anzac Highway, Adelaide Tasmania * Lake Highway, Tasmania Victoria Metropolitan route 5 Western Australia * State Route 5 (Western Australia) – Stirling Highway, Mounts Bay Road, Riverside Drive, and The Causeway Austria * Nord Autobahn Belarus * M5 highway (Belarus) Bulgaria * Автомагистрала „Черно море“/Black Sea motorway * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanganyika Province
Tanganyika is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Tanganyika, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami and Lualaba provinces are the result of the splitting up of the former Katanga province. Tanganyika was formed from the Tanganyika district whose town of Kalemie was elevated to capital city of the new province. The new province's territory corresponds to the historic Nord-Katanga province that existed in the early period of post-colonial Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1962 and 1966. History Tanganyika province was the scene of a rebellion by the Luba-Katanga people against the independent state of Katanga. In 1961, it was reconquered by the Katanga state, only to be taken back by the Kinshasa government later that year. From July 11, 1962, to December 28, 1966, this area was known as the province of ''Nord-Katanga'', but the administration of the province was taken over in 1966 by the central government, and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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