Benge is a village in the
Bas-Uélé
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province of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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. It was a station 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
Benge 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 in extreme east of
Buta Territory
Buta Territory is a territory in Bas-Uele District, Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
It is in the chiefdom of Monganzulu.
Benge is at an elevation of about above sea level.
A road leads east from the village to
Zobia in
Bambesa Territory.
Colonial period
During the colonial period Benge was a chiefdom of the Mondingima tribe in the Zobia Territory.
The main axis of the Vicicongo line built by the ''
Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo'' ran east from ran from
Andoma through Benge to Zobia.
This section was opened in December 1932.
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Populated places in Bas-Uélé