Bandundu (city)

Coordinates: 3°19′S 17°22′E / 3.317°S 17.367°E / -3.317; 17.367
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Bandundu
Provincial capital and
UTC+1 (West Africa Time)
ClimateAw

Bandundu, formerly known as Banningville or Banningstad, is the capital city of Kwilu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]

Location

Bandundu is located on the east bank of the Kwango River, just north of the confluence of the Kwango and the Kwilu, and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south from the mouth of the Kwango on the Kasai River. It is around 260 kilometres (160 mi) from Kinshasa by air, or about 400 kilometres (250 mi) by road. In 2009, Bandundu had an estimated population of 133,080.[4]

Economy

Bandundu was once a significant river port, as it is the largest town on the river between Kinshasa and Kikwit. However, traffic on the Kasai and Kwango Rivers dropped dramatically as a result of the Second Congo War, and has yet to recover. Bandundu does have intermittent passenger and freight service to Kinshasa, Mushie and Kikwit. Since 2008, there is a car/truck ferry service running several times per day across the Kwango. An unpaved road, roughly 250 km long, runs from this point to the main (paved) highway between Kinshasa and Kikwit.

Bandundu is served by Bandundu Airport, with direct flights to Kinshasa.

Unlike many cities in the Congo, Bandundu has a fairly constant supply of electricity. However, this has nothing to do with

Inga-Shaba HVDC line, as this line has no intermediate terminals.[citation needed
]

Climate

Under the

tropical wet and dry climate (Aw).[5]

Climate data for Bandundu
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 37.0
(98.6) 		35.6
(96.1) 		36.5
(97.7) 		35.5
(95.9) 		35.3
(95.5) 		34.2
(93.6) 		33.3
(91.9) 		35.4
(95.7) 		35.2
(95.4) 		34.8
(94.6) 		34.4
(93.9) 		33.9
(93.0) 		37.0
(98.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 30.6
(87.1) 		31.1
(88.0) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.3
(88.3) 		30.6
(87.1) 		29.5
(85.1) 		30.7
(87.3) 		31.0
(87.8) 		31.0
(87.8) 		30.5
(86.9) 		30.3
(86.5) 		30.8
(87.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.2
(79.2) 		26.5
(79.7) 		26.6
(79.9) 		26.7
(80.1) 		26.7
(80.1) 		25.6
(78.1) 		24.5
(76.1) 		25.5
(77.9) 		26.1
(79.0) 		26.3
(79.3) 		26.0
(78.8) 		26.1
(79.0) 		26.1
(79.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 21.8
(71.2) 		21.9
(71.4) 		21.8
(71.2) 		22.0
(71.6) 		22.1
(71.8) 		20.6
(69.1) 		19.5
(67.1) 		20.3
(68.5) 		21.2
(70.2) 		21.6
(70.9) 		21.5
(70.7) 		21.9
(71.4) 		21.4
(70.5)
Record low °C (°F) 17.9
(64.2) 		18.2
(64.8) 		18.6
(65.5) 		18.6
(65.5) 		17.0
(62.6) 		15.8
(60.4) 		15.0
(59.0) 		15.0
(59.0) 		18.6
(65.5) 		18.5
(65.3) 		18.7
(65.7) 		17.8
(64.0) 		15.0
(59.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 144
(5.7) 		149
(5.9) 		169
(6.7) 		171
(6.7) 		100
(3.9) 		23
(0.9) 		6
(0.2) 		22
(0.9) 		107
(4.2) 		213
(8.4) 		246
(9.7) 		192
(7.6) 		1,542
(60.7)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 7 9 6 8 6 2 1 2 8 8 10 9 75
Source: Deutscher Wetterdienst[6]

Sister cities

Gallery

  • Seat of the Provincial Assembly
    Seat of the Provincial Assembly
  • Road in the town center
    Road in the town center
  • Market
    Market
  • Clothing market
    Clothing market
  • River Kwilu at Bandundu
    River Kwilu at Bandundu
  • Beside the River Kwilu
    Beside the River Kwilu

See also

References

  1. ^ Matanga, Patrick (26 November 2022). "Kwilu : Voici la liste complète de nouveaux maires et bourgmestres des villes de Bandundu et Kikwit". Yabisonews (in French). Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Bandundu : prise des fonctions de nouvelles autorités de la petite territoriale". Radio Okapi (in French). 20 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Loi organique nº 15/006 du 25 mars 2015 portant fixation des limites des provinces et celles de la ville de Kinshasa" (PDF). Journal officiel de la République Démocratique du Congo (in French). 56 (Special ed.). Article 15, col. 39. 28 Mar 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Congo (Dem. Rep.): largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Retrieved January 21, 2009.[dead link]
  5. ISSN 1027-5606
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  6. ^ "Klimatafel von Bandundu, Region Bandundu / Dem. Rep. Kongo (Zaire)" (PDF). Baseline climate means (1961-1990) from stations all over the world (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 1 April 2016.


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