Tshuapa is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning . Tshuapa, Équateur , Mongala , Nord-Ubangi , and Sud-Ubangi provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province. Tshuapa was formed from the Tshuapa District whose town of Boende was elevated to capital city of the new province.
4-615: The province is named for the Tshuapa River . It is situated in the north-west of the country, on the Congo River . 1926.01.28 as Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville / de Coquilhatville (Latin). Having gained territory from the same Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers); it became the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro. Territorial components are: This Democratic Republic of
8-768: The Lomela River to form the Busira River . It is 408 kilometres (254 mi) from this point to the Congo River. The town of Boende is 29 kilometres (18 mi) from the confluence and 444 kilometres (276 mi) from Mbandaka . on the Congo River . The confluence of the Tshuapa and Lomela rivers is in the heart of the central depression of the Congo Basin . Annual rainfall averages 2,000 millimetres (79 in), with no dry season. Throughout parts of
12-651: The Congo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tshuapa River The Tshuapa River or Rivière Tshwapa is a river in Democratic Republic of the Congo, the main tributary of the Busira River . The river rises in the south of the Sankuru Nature Reserve and meanders north-northwest to Elinga-Mpango and on to Bondo , from where flows in a west-northwest direction to Boende , above its confluence with
16-570: The Tshuapa catchment 20–25% of the land is subject to flooding. Permanent swamp forest stretches for 156 kilometres (97 mi) along the Tshuapa, with an area of 160,000 hectares (400,000 acres) between 20°33'E and 22°00'E. The Tshuapa has a navigable length of 825 kilometres (513 mi) from its confluence with the Lomela up to the terminus at Elinga-Mpango. The section of the river from its mouth up to Ikela , at 555 kilometres (345 mi) can be navigated all year round by 350 ton barges, although
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