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Village in Bas-Uélé, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mawa Gare
Village
Mawa Gare is located in Democratic Republic of the CongoMawa GareMawa Gare
Coordinates: 2°44′17″N 26°41′35″E / 2.73813°N 26.69304°E / 2.73813; 26.69304
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
ProvinceBas-Uélé
TerritoryPoko Territory
Elevation609 m (1,998 ft)

Mawa Gare (Mawa Station) is a village in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was a station on the defunct Vicicongo line, a railway.

Location

Mawa Gare is in the Bas-Uélé province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is at an elevation of about 703 metres (2,306 ft) above sea level. The former Komba-Mungbere railway runs through the village from west to east. The RS414 road runs from Niapu to the southwest through Mawa to Poko to the north.

Mawa-Gare is an administrative post in the Poko Territory. It is in the Viadana health zone, and has a health station.

Colonial period

The main axis of the Vicicongo line built by the Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo ran east from Zobia through Mawa to Isiro. This section was opened on 31 December 1934.

Notes

  1. ^ Way: Mawa (362161731).
  2. Mawa ... Geonames.
  3. Omasombo Tshonda 2014, p. 275.
  4. Omasombo Tshonda 2014, p. 242.
  5. ^ Omasombo Tshonda 2014, p. 449.

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