Tshela (or Tsela) is the main town of Bas-fleuve district in
Kongo Central Province in the
Democratic Republic of Congo
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. The town was linked to the port of
Boma by an isolated
narrow gauge railway
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Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structur ...
, the
Mayumbe Line. This gauge line lasted from 1889 to 1984.
References
populated places in Kongo Central
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