Mawa Gare

	Mawa Gare Mawa Gare (Mawa Station) is a village in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was a station on the defunct Vicicongo line, a railway. Location Mawa Gare is in the Bas-Uélé province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is at an elevation of about above sea level. The former Komba-Mungbere railway runs through the village from west to east. The RS414 road runs from Niapu to the southwest through Mawa to Poko to the north. Mawa-Gare is an administrative post in the Poko Territory Poko is a territory A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extra .... It is in the Viadana health zone, and has a health station. Colonial period The main axis of the Vicicongo line built by the '' Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo'' ran east from Zobia through Mawa to Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Democratic Republic Of The Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered to the northwest by the Republic of the Congo, to the north by the Central African Republic, to the northeast by South Sudan, to the east by Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi, and by Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), to the south and southeast by Zambia, to the southwest by Angola, and to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean and the Cabinda exclave of Angola. By area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 108 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the nation's economic center. Centered on the Cong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bas-Uélé Bas-Uélé (French for "Lower Uélé") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Orientale Province. Bas-Uélé was formed from the Bas-Uele District whose town of Buta was elevated to capital city of the new province. Administration Bas-Uélé lies in the north-east of the DRC on the Uélé River (the French name for the province means "Lower Uélé"). The province includes the following territories: * Aketi Ango Bambesa * Bondo * Buta * Poko People Most of the inhabitants of the Bas-Uélé Province, with a population of 900,000 in 2007, are Azandé people. There are others peoples like the Boa, Bakere, Balele, Bakango, Babenza, etc., are also present in this province. They live mainly through subsistence farming and hunting, with some river commerce. Ebola Three people have been reported dead and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Poko Territory Poko is a territory A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ... and a locality of Bas-Uele province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Composition It is composed of 13 collectivities (Chiefdoms and sectors): References {{coord missing, Democratic Republic of the Congo Territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Populated places in Bas-Uélé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Vicicongo Line Chemins de fer des Uele (Uele Railways or Vicicongo line) is a narrow-gauge line in the north east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was built between 1924 and 1937 as a portage railway bypassing Congo River rapids. Route The line runs from the Congo river port Bumba in Mongala via Lower Uele to Mungbere in Upper Uele with branch lines to Bondo, Buta and Titule city. The total network is long.Durrant, A.E., A.A. Jorgensen, C.P. Lewis. Steam in Africa, London, 1981, Hamlyn. Operationally, the network consists of the following sections: * Bumba–Aketi * Aketi–Bondo * Aketi–Buta–Isiro * Liénart–Titule * Buta–Buta Triangle Town * Isiro–Mungbere History The Uele railways were built 1924–1937 by a Belgian company, the Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo (Vicicongo). The first line ran from Aketi to Bondo and was built from leftover German army stocks used in trench railways or heeresfeldbahnen, which the Belgians acquired after World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Poko, Democratic Republic Of The Congo Poko is a town and seat of Poko Territory, Bas-Uele Province, in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2012 it had an estimated population of 11,253 people. Poko lies along the N25 road, 132 kilometres by road northwest of Isiro and 25.8 kilometres northeast of Zongbaya. It lies on the Poko River Poko may refer to: Poko, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a town Poko people of Transvaal, South Africa * Poko (TV series), a Canadian children's television series * Poko Mountain, a mountain in Alaska Poko Rekords, a Finnish former record la .... References {{Reflist Populated places in Bas-Uélé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Société Des Chemins De Fer Vicinaux Du Congo The ''Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo'' (), known as CVC or Vicicongo, was a railway company that operated the narrow gauge Vicicongo line and provided trucking services in the northeast Belgian Congo, and then in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1924 and 1974. It provided transport for agricultural goods produced in the northeast that were shipped on the Congo River to Léopoldville (Kinshasa). After independence in 1960 there were civil disturbances and the railway was poorly maintained. The company was taken over by the state in 1974. Later there were further disturbances in which the stations were destroyed and the rolling stock used as a source of metal. The track is decrepit and no longer usable. History Belgian Congo (1924–1960) Background Road traffic along the Uele road began in World War I, organized by ''Messageries automobiles du Congo'' (MACO). By 1919 cotton production was flourishing in the region, and the large producers '' Compagnie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Zobia, Democratic Republic Of The Congo Zobia is a village in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zobia Gauche was a station on the defunct Vicicongo line, a railway. Location Zobia is in the Bas-Uélé province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is in the Bambesa Territory. It is on the right side of the Bima River, a left tributary of the Uele River The Uele, also known by the phonetically identical Uélé, Ouélé, or Welle River, is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Course The Uele forms at Dungu, at the confluence of the Dungu and Kibali rivers, which both originate .... It is on the RP415 road from Titulé to the west to Poko to the east. The village is at an elevation of about . Zobia has a general hospital. As of 2007 the Bambesa diamond trading center was located in Zobia. Colonial era Zobia was an administrative center in the colonial era, seat of Zobia Territory. In 1918 there were three chiefdoms of Makere people in the territory. Former railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Isiro Isiro (pronounced ) is the capital of Haut-Uele Province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies between the equatorial forest and the savannah and its main resource is coffee. Isiro's population is estimated at approximately 182,000. Most people speak, Pa-Zande (Zande language), Lingala, Swahili and which is somehow uncommon. History Isiro was named ''Paulis'' after colonel, later diplomat, Albert Paulis when it was part of the Belgian Congo. The city was developed in 1934 and reached its peak in 1957. Université d'Uélé (in French). Accessed November 4, 2006. In the troubled days of Congo's independence and its aftermath, operation ''Black Dragoon'' brought fighting between Belgian paratroopers and local Simba Rebellion, Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]