Zobia is a village in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zobia Gauche was a station 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
Zobia is 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, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is in the
Bambesa Territory.
It is on the right side of the
Bima River
The Bima River is a river of Bas-Uélé province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is a left tributary of the Uele River.
Course
The Bima flows through the Poko, Bambesa and Buta territories and enters the Uele River near Malengweya ...
, a left tributary of the
Uele River
The Uele, also known by the phonetically identical Uélé, Ouélé, or Welle River, is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Course
The Uele forms at Dungu, at the confluence of the Dungu and Kibali rivers, which both originate ...
.
It is on the RP415 road from
Titulé to the west to
Poko to the east.
The village is at an elevation of about .
Zobia has a general hospital.
As of 2007 the Bambesa diamond trading center was located in Zobia.
Colonial era
Zobia was an administrative center in the colonial era, seat of Zobia Territory.
In 1918 there were three chiefdoms of
Makere people in the territory.
Former railway
Zobia Gauche and Zobia Droite are two stations on the Vicicongo line on either side of the river, one about to the southwest and the other about to the southeast.
The main axis of the Vicicongo line built by the ''
Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo'' ran east from
Andoma (Liénart) through
Benge to Zobia Gauche, through Zobia Droite and on to
Mawa.
The section from Andoma to Zobia opened in December 1932, and the section from Zobia to
Isiro opened on 31 December 1934.
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Populated places in Bas-Uélé