Benge | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 2°57′34″N 25°46′42″E / 2.959581°N 25.778252°E | |
Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Province | Bas-Uélé |
Territory | Buta Territory |
Elevation | 609 m (1,998 ft) |
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 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]
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.
Benge | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 2°57′34″N 25°46′42″E / 2.959581°N 25.778252°E | |
Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Province | Bas-Uélé |
Territory | Buta Territory |
Elevation | 609 m (1,998 ft) |
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 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]
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.