Boende
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|settlement_type = Provincial capital and city
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|subdivision_name1 = Tshuapa
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|leader_name = Mustafa Bosenge
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Boende is a city and capital of Tshuapa Province, lying on the Tshuapa River, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a river port with riverboats sailing to Kinshasa via Mbandaka and is also home to an airport. As of 2009, it had an estimated population of 36,158.{{cite web|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-46 |title=Congo (Dem. Rep.): largest cities and towns and statistics of their population |publisher=World Gazetteer |accessdate=21 January 2009 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The national language used locally is Lingala.
History
Boende was captured by mercenaries during the Simba rebellion in January 1964.{{Citation |title=5 Commando Puts Down the Simba Rebellion |date=2012 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/mercenaries-in-asymmetric-conflicts/5-commando-puts-down-the-simba-rebellion/E5FE4DA020C5B468E3BA22575F1036E6 |work=Mercenaries in Asymmetric Conflicts |pages=47–108 |editor-last=Fitzsimmons |editor-first=Scott |access-date=2023-08-06 |place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/CBO9781139208727.004 |isbn=978-1-107-02691-9}} This battle was documented in the Mondo documentary Africa Addio.
Climate
Boende has an equatorial tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) and is hot, humid and wet all year round without pronounced variations in temperature or rainfall.
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|location = Boende, elevation {{convert|351|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1971–2000)
|Jan high C = 30.6
|Feb high C = 31.4
|Mar high C = 31.2
|Apr high C = 31.1
|May high C = 31.2
|Jun high C = 30.3
|Jul high C = 29.1
|Aug high C = 29.4
|Sep high C = 30.0
|Oct high C = 30.0
|Nov high C = 30.0
|Dec high C = 30.2
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|Jan low C = 20.3
|Feb low C = 20.5
|Mar low C = 20.7
|Apr low C = 20.9
|May low C = 20.8
|Jun low C = 20.5
|Jul low C = 20.2
|Aug low C = 20.2
|Sep low C = 20.3
|Oct low C = 20.4
|Nov low C = 20.5
|Dec low C = 20.6
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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 156.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 136.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 203.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 174.0
|May precipitation mm = 168.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 137.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 128.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 182.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 188.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 215.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 224.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 155.0
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| Jan humidity = 85
| Feb humidity = 83
| Mar humidity = 83
| Apr humidity = 85
| May humidity = 85
| Jun humidity = 87
| Jul humidity = 89
| Aug humidity = 86
| Sep humidity = 88
| Oct humidity = 86
| Nov humidity = 86
| Dec humidity = 86
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| source 1 = FAO{{cite web
| url = https://www.fao.org/land-water/databases-and-software/climwat-for-cropwat/en/
| title = CLIMWAT climatic database
| publisher= Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations
| access-date = 28 August 2024}}
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References
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{{New DRC provincial capitals}}
Category:Populated places in Tshuapa
Category:Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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