Pool ( Kongo : Mpumbu, Nsundi, Mbula Ntangu ) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southeastern part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza , Lékoumou , and Plateaux . Internationally, it borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo . It also surrounds the commune district of the national capital, Brazzaville .
2-758: The regional capital is Kinkala . Principal towns include Boko , Kindamba and Mindouli . In the early 2000s, the Pool region was the home of a low-level insurgency led by Pasteur Ntumi . The inhabitants of this department are the Kongo , the Téké and the Native population (Pygmies) . The region is named after the Pool Malebo (formerly Stanley Pool), a particularly wide stretch of the Congo River here. Pool Department
4-557: Is divided into thirteen districts: 3°34′S 14°46′E / 3.567°S 14.767°E / -3.567; 14.767 This Republic of the Congo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kinkala Kinkala is a town and a commune located in southeastern Republic of the Congo . It is the capital city of Kinkala District and the Pool Department . This Republic of
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