Bouenza (can also be written as ''Buenza'') is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southern part of the country. It borders the departments of Lékoumou, Niari, and

Pool Pool may refer to: Water pool * Swimming pool, usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming * Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings * Tide pool, a rocky po ...

, and internationally, the

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 ...

. The regional capital is Madingou. Towns and cities include

Loudima Loudima is a town in the southern part of the Republic of Congo, in the Loudima District of the Bouenza Department. The town has about 18,000 inhabitants. Transport It is served by a station on the national railway system, and is to the east ...

Mouyondzi Mouyondzi is a town and seat of Mouyondzi District in the Bouenza Region of Congo-Brazzaville The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply ...

Loutété Loutété is a small town in southeastern Congo (Brazzaville). Transport It is served by a station on the narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most n ...

and Nkayi.

Administrative divisions

Bouenza Department is divided into one commune and ten districts:

Districts

Madingou District Madingou is a district in the Bouenza Region of southern Republic of the Congo. The capital lies at Madingou Madingou is a town located in southern Republic of the Congo. It is the capital city of the Madingou District and the Bouenza Region ...

# Mouyondzi District #

Boko-Songho District Boko-Songho is a district in the Bouenza Region of southern Republic of the Congo. The capital lies at Boko-Songho. Towns and villages The villages of Boko-Songho district are: Minga, Hidi, Mankala, Nzangui, Kinzambi (Tipheret), Kabadissou, Ma ...

# Mfouati District # Loudima District # Kayes District #* Former Nkayi District minus Nkayi Commune (?) # Kingoué District #* Part of the former Mouyondzi District # Mabombo District #* Part of the former Madingou/Mouyondzi Districts (?) #

Tsiaki District Tsiaki is a district in the Bouenza Department of Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the C ...

#* Part of the former Mouyondzi District # Yamba District #* Part of the former Mouyondzi District

Communes

# Nkayi Commune # Madingou Commune

Demographics

The population is 309,073 in 2007, and the area is 12,265.4 km². (Tableau 1 & Tableau 3)

Industry and agriculture

Bouenza has some industry and cash crops. Among the principal activities are a

cement A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel ( aggregate) together. Cement mi ...

factory in

sugar cane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, perennial grass (in the genus '' Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalk ...

plantations in Nkayi, and there are reserves of

copper Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkis ...

lead Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cu ...

and

zinc Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. Zinc is a slightly brittle metal at room temperature and has a shiny-greyish appearance when oxidation is removed. It is the first element in group 12 (IIB) of the periodi ...

Hydroelectric power Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ...

is provided by the

Moukoukoulou Dam The Moukoukoulou Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Bouenza River in the Republic of the Congo, built by Chinese technicians and commissioned in 1979 to supply energy to Pointe-Noire. It is the main source of power to the south of the country. Due ...

built in

Mindouli Mindouli is one of two towns in the Republic of Congo with this name. This is the one in the Pool Department. It is very close to the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: Républ ...

Farming Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled peopl ...

includes bananas, palm oil, groundnuts,

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and bean

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