Banalia Territory

Banalia
Territory or Commune
Country  Democratic Republic of the Congo

Banalia is a territory and a locality of Orientale province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Tshopo district and the province of Kasai-Oriental , in the central part of the country, 1 300 km northeast of the capital Kinshasa .[1][2]

The locality was one of the milestones during the rescue expedition to Emin Pasha .

The region is also rich in iron ore, which was to feed the Maluku steel plant .

In the surroundings around Banalia grows mainly clean green deciduous forest.[3] Around Banalia, it is very sparsely populated, with 6 inhabitants per square kilometer.[4] Tropical monsoon climate prevails in the area.[5] Annual average temperature in the funnel is 21 ° C. The warmest month is May, when the average temperature is 22 ° C, and the coldest is March, at 20 ° C.[6] Average annual average is 1,540 millimeters. The rainy month is October, with an average of 236 mm rainfall , and the driest is January, with 28 mm rainfall.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Administrative Zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Kinshasa)". statoids. April 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bambesa". Google maps. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification".
  4. ↑ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density".
  5. ↑ http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html
  6. ↑ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index".
  7. ↑ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)".

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