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Map of Republic of the Congo. This is a list of cities and towns in the Republic of the Congo with population of 4,000 or more, according to 2023 census. [1] [2] List
Map of DR Congo. This is a list of places, mostly cities and towns, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without regard to their official status. Administrative units
The 25 provinces of DR Congo are divided into 33 cities (fr. villes, sing.ville) and 145 territories (fr. territoires, sing. territoire). [1] Each provincial division is also a constituency of the National Assembly as well as of the Provincial Assembly of its province.
The Congo River is the second longest river in Africa after the Nile and has the continent's greatest discharge. As a waterway it provides a means of transport for much of the Congo Basin ; it is navigable for river barges between Kinshasa and Kisangani ; many of its tributaries are also navigable.
The location of Brazzaville near the pool of the Congo River enabled it to grow as an industrial, trading and port settlement. It was connected through trade by ships and boats traveling upriver to inland areas, which produced raw materials from the beginning of the colonial period. [ 14 ]
Kinshasa, the largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as in Africa, is the nation's financial and economic centre. Lagos, Nigeria is the second largest city in Africa and one of the primary economic hubs for the continent. Cairo, Egypt is the third largest city in Africa and the largest one in the Arab world.
The Lualaba River flows through a bend to a confluence with the Congo River; at the alteration of the waterways lies the city of Kisangani. [45] Much of Kisangani City is built on land with the Tshopo River on its north and the Congo River on its south. [46] [47] Many tributaries and islands are intertwined, conducive to moving inland waterways ...
Bandundu is located on the east bank of the Kwango River, just north of the confluence of the Kwango and the Kwilu, and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south from the mouth of the Kwango on the Kasai River. It is around 260 kilometres (160 mi) from Kinshasa by air, or about 400 kilometres (250 mi) by road. In 2009, Bandundu had an estimated population of ...