Benge is a village in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was a station on the defunct Vicicongo line, a railway.
Benge | |
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Village | |
  Benge | |
| Coordinates: 2°57′34″N 25°46′42″E / 2.959581°N 25.778252°E | |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Province | Bas-Uélé |
| Territory | Buta Territory |
| Elevation | 609 m (1,998 ft) |
Location
editBenge is in the Bas-Uélé province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is in extreme east of Buta Territory.[1] It is in the 6,256 square kilometres (2,415 sq mi) chiefdom of Monganzulu.[2] Benge is at an elevation of about 609 metres (1,998 ft) above sea level.[3] A road leads east from the village to Zobia in Bambesa Territory.[4]
Colonial period
editDuring the colonial period Benge was a chiefdom of the Mondingima tribe in the Zobia Territory.[5] The main axis of the Vicicongo line built by the Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo ran east from ran from Andoma through Benge to Zobia.[6] This section was opened in December 1932.
Notes
edit- ^ Carte administrative ... Buta.
- ^ Omasombo Tshonda 2014, p. 271.
- ^ Benge ... Geonames.
- ^ Node: Benge (2131222604).
- ^ Omasombo Tshonda 2014, p. 221.
- ^ Omasombo Tshonda 2014, p. 449.
Sources
edit- "Benge", Geonames, retrieved 2021-03-29
- Carte administrative du Territoire de Buta (PDF), CAID, retrieved 2021-03-29
- "Node: Benge (2131222604)", OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2021-03-29
- Omasombo Tshonda, Jean (2014), Bas-Uele Pouvoirs locaux et économie agricole : héritages d’un passé brouillé (PDF) (in French), Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, ISBN 978-9-4916-1586-3, retrieved 2020-08-30