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.

Location

Benge 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

During 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

  1. ^ Carte administrative ... Buta.
  2. ^ Omasombo Tshonda 2014, p. 271.
  3. ^ Benge ... Geonames.
  4. ^ Node: Benge (2131222604).
  5. ^ Omasombo Tshonda 2014, p. 221.
  6. ^ Omasombo Tshonda 2014, p. 449.

Sources

Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benge,_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
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