Lake Libanda

Lake Libanda
Lac Libanda
Lake Libanda
Location Makanza, Equateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coordinates 1°33′N 18°49′E / 1.55°N 18.82°E / 1.55; 18.82Coordinates: 1°33′N 18°49′E / 1.55°N 18.82°E / 1.55; 18.82
Map of the Bosesera Channel (labelled as "Chenal de Bosesela") and Lake Libanda (Lac Libanda). The Ngiri River ("Giri") is to the northwest, and the Congo River is to the southeast.

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

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] The other subgroup is the Boyokoko. They speak the Libinza language.

References

  1. L'Essentiel - Pays d'Afrique Centrale (in French). TheBookEdition. 2016-10-27. p. 53. ISBN 9782930815053.
  2. "Lac Libanda - Lake near Moboka, Democratic Republic of The Congo". MBendi.com. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  3. 1 2 "Inst. roy. colon. belge Biographie Coloniale Belge, T. III, 1952, col. 926-928" (PDF).
  4. Mulumba, Mabi; Makombo, Mutamba (1986-01-01). 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. (1990-01-01). Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa. Food & Agriculture Org. p. 316. ISBN 9789251029831.
  6. Kerken, Georges van der (1944-01-01). 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 (1944-01-01). 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 2017-04-22.


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