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3 unusual facts about Lake Mai-Ndombe


Lake Mai-Ndombe

Some of the main concession areas of the logging company Sodefor are to the north and south of Lake Mai-Ndombe.

The lake is within the Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe area, the largest Wetland of International Importance recognized by the Ramsar Convention in the world.

Sodefor

The main concession areas are to the north and south of Lake Mai-Ndombe and on both sides of the Lukenie River, centered on Oshwe.


Bandundu Province

Kwilu province was to be formed by combining Kwilu district and the city of Kikwit, Kwango province was to be formed from Kwango district, and Mai-Ndombe province was to be formed by combining Plateaux District, Mai-Ndombe District and the city of Bandundu.

Bas-Congo

At the time of the independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the province was part of the greater province of Leopoldville, along with the city of Kinshasa and the districts of Kwango, Kwilu and Mai-Ndombe.

Empompo Loway

In 1983, in Kinshasa, Empompo and his friend from TPOK Jazz, Sam Mangwana, together with singer Ndombe Opertun, who had recently left TPOK Jazz, formed the band Tiers Monde Coopération.

Mai-Ndombe District

The Lukenie joins with the Fimi River, which drains Lake Mai-Ndombe and continues westward to form the boundary with Plateaux District and joins the Kasai at Mushie.

Mai-Ndombe District is a district located in the Bandundu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


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