Andoma, formerly called Liénart, is a village in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was a junction on the defunct
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 ...
, a railway.
Location
Andoma is in the
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 fo ...
province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is to the east of
Buta and to the south of
Titulé.
It is in the Titulé Health Zone.
Former railway
Andoma was formerly called Liénart after Commander Liénart, who was responsible for the Buta-Andoma section of the Vicicongo railway, and the Andoma-Titulé branch.
The section from Buta to Titulé via Andoma (Liénart) opened on 11 November 1932, built by the ''
Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo''.
Colonel Paulis supervised work on the section from Andoma to
Mungbere Mungbere is a small town in Haut-Uele province, in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Transport
It was served by the terminal of a now non-operational narrow gauge railway from Bumba, known as the Vicicongo line.
See also
* Li ...
via
Isiro (formerly called Paulis).
The section of this line from Andoma to
Zobia was opened in December 1932.
Notes
Sources
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Populated places in Bas-Uélé