Bondo (formerly Djabir) is a town in north-central

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 ...

, in Bas-Uele Province, about 200 km north-west of Buta. Bondo lies mainly on the north bank 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 ...

. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 19,601.

Transport

A branch line of the now-defunct Vicicongo narrow gauge railway built by the ''

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 Repu ...

'' terminates on the south bank. The railway branch line from

Komba Komba is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Komba Claudius Gbamanja, Sierra Leonean politician from the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party * Samuel Komba Kambo, retired captain in the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces * K ...

via

Likati Likati is a town in the Aketi Territory of Bas-Uélé Province in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Location Likati is on the N4 road from Buta to Bondo. The Likati River, a tributary of the Rubi River flows in a south ...

and Libogo was made by the Belgian state in 1927–1928. The town has a 1300m airstrip, but is relatively inaccessible by other means as it is served only by earth tracks impassable after heavy rain. River crossings on Uele is made by canoes. Navigation on the Uele is restricted by cataracts. Bondo is a base for reaching the

Bili Forest Bili (coordinates 4°9'N 25°10'E), which is about 200 km east of Bondo and 250 km north of Buta, is a city in the Bas-Uélé District in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. It lies along the Bili river, a ...

lying on an earth track going east from the town. The Bili chimpanzee found in the forest has in the past been called the 'Bondo Mystery Ape'.

References

Populated places in Bas-Uélé {{DRCongo-geo-stub