Benge, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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
Village
Benge is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Benge
Benge
Coordinates: 2.959581°N 25.778252°E / 2.959581; 25.778252
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
ProvinceBas-Uélé
TerritoryButa Territory
Elevation
609 m (1,998 ft)

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
    • "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
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