Plateaux District
Encyclopedia
Plateaux District is a district
located in the Bandundu province
, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
.
It includes the Yumbi, Bolobo and Mushie territories, and the towns of Bolobo
and Mushie
.
The district lies on the east bank of the Congo River
, opposite the Republic of the Congo
to the west.
The Kwah River forms its southern boundary.
Districts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are divided into 26 districts. These in turn are divided into territories or communes.-Planned reorganization:...
located in the Bandundu province
Bandundu Province
Bandundu is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It borders the provinces of Kinshasa and Bas-Congo to the west, Équateur to the north, and Kasai-Occidental to the east. The provincial capital is also called Bandundu .In 1966, Bandundu was formed by merging the three...
, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
.
It includes the Yumbi, Bolobo and Mushie territories, and the towns of Bolobo
Bolobo
Bolobo is a town on the Congo River in Kwango District of Bandundu Province in the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ....
and Mushie
Mushie
Mushie is a town in, and a territory of Mai-Ndombe District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies at an altitude of 1118 ft , on the northern bank of the Kasai River, along the section where the Kasai is known as the Kwa River, approximately 10 miles west of the Kasais confluence with the Fimi...
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The district lies on the east bank of the Congo River
Congo River
The Congo River is a river in Africa, and is the deepest river in the world, with measured depths in excess of . It is the second largest river in the world by volume of water discharged, though it has only one-fifth the volume of the world's largest river, the Amazon...
, opposite the Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...
to the west.
The Kwah River forms its southern boundary.