Souanké is a city and capital of

Souanké District Souanké is a district in the Sangha Region of far north-western 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 eithe ...

in the

Sangha Region Sangha is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the northern part of the country. It borders the departments of Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, and Likouala, and internationally, Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic. The regional ca ...

of northwestern

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 ...

, located close to the border with

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

. The city is located around fifty kilometres north-east of Mont Nabemba, the highest point in the country. The city is served by Souanké Airport.

Notable people

* Gabriel Entcha-Ebia (born 1956), Congolese politician

References

Sangha Department (Republic of the Congo) Populated places in the Republic of the Congo {{RCongo-geo-stub