Places / Africa / Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Boma
Visited in March 2019
At a glance
- Region
- Kongo Central
- Population
- —
- Type
- City in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Coordinates
- 5.86°S, 13.02°E
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Overview
Boma is a port town on the Congo River, some 100 kilometres (62 mi) upstream from the Atlantic Ocean, in the Kongo Central Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), adjacent to the border with Angola. It had an estimated population of 162,521 in 2012. Boma was the capital city of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo (the modern Democratic Republic of the Congo) from 1 May 1886 to 1923, when the capital was moved to Léopoldville (since renamed Kinshasa).
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