Komba 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 ru ...
, a railway.
Location
Komba is in the
Aketi Territory
Aketi Territory is a territory in the Bas-Uele Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative capital is located at Aketi. The territory borders Bondo Territory to the north, Buta Territory to the east, Basoko Territor ...
of
Bas-Uélé
Bas-Uélé (French for "Lower Uélé") is one of the 21 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 forme ...
province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is on the RN6 road between
Aketi to the west and
Dulia to the east.
From there the RN4 runs north to
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, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buta to Bondo, Democratic Republic of the ...
.
Komba is at an elevation of .
Former railway
The section of the Vicicongo line from Aketi, built by the ''
Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo'', reached Komba in July 1926.
The section from Komba to Likati was opened on 1 January 1927.
The section from Komba to
Buta was opened on 1 July 1931.
[Charles Blanchart: Le Rail au Congo Belge. 1920–1945. Blanchart. Brüssel. 1999.]
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Populated places in Bas-Uélé