Dongou is a city and seat of

Dongou District Dongou is a district in the Likouala Region Likouala is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the northern part of the country. It borders the departments of Cuvette and Sangha, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

in the Likouala Region of northeastern

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 Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

. Dongou was the first capital of the region of "

Oubangui inférieure Ubangi (also spelled Ubangui, Ubanghi, or Oubangui) may refer to: Places * Ubangi Province in the north of Zaire * Ubangi River, tributary of the Congo River in the region of Central Africa * Ubangi-Shari, a French colony which became the Central ...

" when it was in

French Congo The French Congo (french: Congo français) or Middle Congo (french: Moyen-Congo) was a French colony which at one time comprised the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo and parts of Gabon, and the Central African Republic. In 1910, i ...

. At independence on 1960, it became the economic capital of Likouala region. Now, Dongou's population is over 10,000. Dongou receives two rivers: Oubangui with white water, and

Motaba River Motaba may refer to: * ''Motaba River'', Republic of Congo; a river found in the Likouala Department; see List of rivers of the Republic of the Congo This is a list of rivers in the Republic of the Congo. This list is arranged by Drainage basin, ...

, with black water.

References

Likouala Department Populated places in the Republic of the Congo Ubangi River Democratic Republic of the Congo–Republic of the Congo border crossings {{RCongo-geo-stub