Libongo or Libogo is a village 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 of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was a stop 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

Libongo 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 Territory t ...

of Bas-Uélé. It is at an elevation of about . The village is on the RN4 road to the northwest of

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 ...

just past the point where a mixed-use bridge carries the road and railway across the

Likati River Likati River is a river of northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a tributary of the Itimbiri River. It flows through Aketi Territory in Bas-Uele District. It was referenced in Congo Shadows by John B. Franz. At Libongo, northwest of the tow ...

. The road continues north to Bondo. As of 2014 the mixed-use bridge at Libogo was defective and dangerous for road users.

Former railway

The

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 ...

–Likati–Libongo–Bondo railway was a branch line from the main Vicicongo line from Aketi to Neja-Mawa. The line was 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 ...

''. The section from Likati to Libogo opened in September 1927. The section from Libogo to Bondo opened on 15 May 1928.

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