AfricaDemocratic Republic of the CongoBas-Congo
Kimpese
Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa
About Kimpese
Kimpese sits on the route: 50 minutes from Buela.
Kimpese is in Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 80,000 people. The nearest town is Buela, about 42 km away.
Kimpese is a town in the Cataractes District of Kongo Central province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies on the main road and railway between Kinshasa and the provincial capital Matadi, at an altitude of 990 ft (301 m) above sea level.
There are tributaries of the Congo River to the north and south of theRead more
town. Kimpese has a hospital, medical training centre, high school, technical training institute and an agricultural college. The 400 bed Kimpese hospital serves 150,000 people in the local area and another 600,000 in the surrounding district. The town also contains an office of the UNHCR, which provides assistance to the nearly 60,000 Angolan refugees in Kongo Central province. Kimpeses population is approximately 40,000; and although DRC is a mainly catholic country, the town has a Protestant majority.
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Kimpese is in Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 42 km from Buela.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 79,539
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Region
- Bas-Congo
- Timezone
- Africa/Kinshasa
- Coordinates
- -5.5615, 14.4316
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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