Pool Mpumbu | |
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) Pool, department of the Republic of the Congo | |
| Country | Republic of the Congo |
| Capital | Kinkala |
| Area | |
| • Total | 33,955 km2 (13,110 sq mi) |
| Population (2007 census) | |
| • Total | 236,595 |
| • Density | 7.0/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| HDI (2018) | 0.484[1] low · 12th of 12 |
Pool (Kongo: Mpumbu[2]) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southeastern part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Lékoumou, and Plateaux. Internationally, it borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It also surrounds the commune district of the national capital, Brazzaville.
The regional capital is Kinkala. Principal towns include Boko, Kindamba and Mindouli. In the early 2000s, the Pool region was the home of a low-level insurgency led by Pasteur Ntumi. Ninety percent of the Lari live in this department, and they constitute the majority of the population.
The region is named after the Pool Malebo (formerly Stanley Pool), a particularly wide stretch of the Congo River here.
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Pool is divided into six districts:
- Boko District
- Kindamba District
- Kinkala District
- Mayama District
- Mindouli District
- Ngabe District
References
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ William Graham Lister Randles, L’ancien royaume du Congo des origines à la fin du XIXe siècle, Éditions de l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, 2013, p. 44