Boma
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- For other uses, see Boma (disambiguation).
| 'Ville de Boma' |
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| Nickname: "The First Capital" | |
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| Province | Bas-Congo |
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| Mayor | Philippe Paku Mapangaha |
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| - City | ? km² |
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| - City (1984) | 197,617 |
| - Density | ?/km² |
| Time zone | DRC1 (UTC+1) |
The port town of Boma (1984 pop. 197,617) in Bas-Congo was the capital city of the Belgian Congo (the modern Democratic Republic of the Congo) from 1 May 1886 to 1926, when it was moved to Léopoldville (since renamed Kinshasa). A port and railhead for Tshela, it exports tropical timber, bananas, cacao, and palm products.
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Boma was founded as a slaving station and entrepôt by merchants of several European countries in the late19th century.
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This article incorporates text from The Modern World Encyclopædia: Illustrated (1935); out of UK copyright as of 2005.
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