Lake Libanda

Lake Libanda is a lake in the Democratic Republic of the Congo[1] situated in Équateur Province to the west of the town of Makanza. The closest settlement is the village of Moboka to the southeast.[2]

Lake Libanda
Lake Libanda
Lake Libanda
LocationMakanza, Equateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coordinates1.55°N 18.82°E / 1.55; 18.82
Native nameLac Libanda
Map of Lake Libanda and the Bosesera Channel. The Ngiri River ("GIRI") is to the northwest, and the Congo River is to the southeast.

History

The lake was visited in 1889 during the Congo Free State by Captain-Commander of the Force Publique (the Belgian colonial military unit in the Congo) Étienne-Christophe-Bernard-Eugène Wilverth, at the time as Commanding Officer of the training camp of Umangi in the town of Lisala.[3] Making a trip to the Ngiri River, he found that a so-called Lake Ibinza did not exist and instead discovered a channel from the village of Moboka to Lake Libanda and from there to the Ngiri, near the village of Bosesera.[3] This channel was named the Bosesera Channel.

A Christian mission named the Catholic Mission of Libanda operated in the region in the 1960s.[4]

Geography

The lake's surface area is 7.9 km2 (3.1 sq mi). Its maximum length is 4.5 km (2.8 mi) and its maximum width is 2.5 km (1.6 mi).[5]

The Bosesera Channel (French: Chenal de Bosesera) is a stream which has its source in Lake Libanda, passing through Mabale before reaching the Congo River near Moboka, slightly downstream of Makanza.[6]

Demographics

The Libanda subgroup of the Libinza people (Libinja) inhabit the region surrounding Lake Libanda.[7][8] They speak the Libinza language. The other subgroup is the Boyokoko.

References
  1. L'Essentiel - Pays d'Afrique Centrale (in French). TheBookEdition. 27 October 2016. p. 53. ISBN 9782930815053.
  2. "Lac Libanda - Lake near Moboka, Democratic Republic of The Congo". MBendi.com. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. "Inst. roy. colon. belge Biographie Coloniale Belge, T. III, 1952, col. 926-928" (PDF).
  4. Mulumba, Mabi; Makombo, Mutamba (1 January 1986). Cadres et dirigeants au Zaïre, qui sont-ils?: dictionnaire biographique (in French). Editions du Centre de recherches pédagogiques. p. 72.
  5. Bossche, J.-P. vanden; Bernacsek, G. M. (1 January 1990). Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa. Food & Agriculture Org. pp. 316. ISBN 9789251029831. lake libanda.
  6. Kerken, Georges van der (1 January 1944). L'Ethnie mongo: histoire, groupements, sous-groupements, origines; visions, représentations et explications du monde; sociologie, économie, ergologie, langues et arts des peuples mongo, politique indigène, contacts avec peuples voisins (in French). Librairie Falk, G. van Campenhout. p. 186.
  7. Kerken, Georges van der (1 January 1944). L'Ethnie mongo: histoire, groupements, sous-groupements, origines; visions, représentations et explications du monde; sociologie, économie, ergologie, langues et arts des peuples mongo, politique indigène, contacts avec peuples voisins (in French). Librairie Falk, G. van Campenhout. p. 194.
  8. "Africa: The Libinza: River islands people of the Congo: Traditional cultures: village life. - Images | JungleView - Stock photographs by Jacques Jangoux". jangoux.photoshelter.com. Retrieved 22 April 2017.


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