Kabinda is the capital city of

Lomami Province Lomami is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Lomami, Kasaï-Oriental, and Sankuru provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Oriental province. Lom ...

in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. Projected to be the second fastest growing African continent city between 2020 and 2025, with a 6.37% growth.

Geography

Kabinda is served by Tunta Airport. The town had 192,364 inhabitants 2010. The city is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabinda.

Second Congo War

During the

Second Congo War The Second Congo War,, group=lower-alpha also known as the Great War of Africa or the Great African War and sometimes referred to as the African World War, began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August 1998, little more than a year a ...

Kabinda was devastated by fighting between Congolese forces and

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n rebels, who were advancing west on their way to the diamond producing area around

Mbuji-Mayi Mbuji-Mayi or Mbujimayi (formerly Bakwanga) is a city and the capital of Kasai-Oriental Province in the south-central Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the second largest city in the country, following the capital Kinshasa but ahead of Lubumbas ...

. The town was surrounded and besieged by the Rwandans for two years, however it remained under government control.First reaching front-line hospital tell of starvation in Congo's interior
Lubbock Online, May 6, 2001

References

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