Pool Department
| Country | Republic of the Congo |
|---|---|
| Capital | Kinkala |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Republic of the Congo |
| Coordinate location | 3°43′47″S 15°3′14″E |
| Dey share bother plus | Brazzaville, Bouenza Department, Lékoumou Department, Plateaux Department, Kinshasa |

Pool (Kongo: Mpumbu, Nsundi, Mbula Ntangu[1][2]) be a department of de Republic of the Congo insyd de southeastern part of de country. E dey border de departments of Bouenza Lékoumou, den Plateaux. Internationally, e dey border de Democratic Republic of the Congo. E sanso dey surround de commune district of de national capital, Brazzaville.
De regional capital be Kinkala. Main towns dey include Boko, Kindamba, den Mindouli. Insyd de early 2000s, de Pool region be de home of a low-level insurgency wey lead by Pasteur Ntumi. De inhabitants of dis department be de Kongo, de Téké den de Native population (Pygmies).[3][4]
De region be named after de Pool Malebo (formerly Stanley Pool), a particularly wide stretch of de Congo River.

Administrative divisions
[edit | edit source]Pool Department be divided into thirteen districts:
- Kinkala District
- Boko District
- Mindouli District
- Kindamba District
- Goma Tsé-Tsé District
- Mayama District
- Ngabé District
- Mbanza-Ndounga District
- Louingui District
- Loumo District
- Ignié District
- Vindza District
- Kimba District
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 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
- ↑ Jean Félix YEKOKA, L’HOMME ET SA TERRE AU PAYS DE BOKO-SONGHO DU XVIIe AU DEBUT DU XXIe SIECLES, UNIVERSITE MARIEN NGOUABI - FACULTE DES LETTRES ET DES SCIENCES HUMAINES FORMATION DOCTORALE « HISTOIRE ET CIVILISATIONS AFRICAINES » (HCA), 2013, p. 36
- ↑ Elisabeth Dorier; Rodrigue Kinouani; Erwan Morand; Damien Rouquier; Quentin Fleuret (2011). "Une zone enclavée en situation post-confit: le district de Kindamba (Pool, République du Congo). Diagnostic territorial dans en vue d'un Projet d'appui au Développement Communautaire". HAL OPEN SCIENCE (in French).
- ↑ Roger BOUKA OWOKO; Roch Euloge N’ZOBO; OBSERVATOIRE CONGOLAIS DES DROITS DE L’HOMME (OCDH); UNION EUROPÉENNE (2011). "LES PEUPLES AUTOCHTONES DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO : DISCRIMINATION ET ESCLAVAGE" (PDF). GITPA.ORG (in French). Archived from the original on March 29, 2017.