Boma

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city populated place port city

Boma is a historic port city on the Congo River in present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo that served as a major colonial administrative and trading center.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Boma canonical 8
Stanleyville 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
port city ⓘ
capitalFrom 1886 ⓘ
capitalOf Belgian Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Congo Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalUntil 1926 ⓘ
colonialPower Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic multiethnic population ⓘ
economicActivity commerce ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
trade ⓘ
elevation sea level ⓘ
formerColonialEntity Belgian Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Congo Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy colonial governor ⓘ
hasClimate tropical climate ⓘ
hasFeature harbor ⓘ
riverfront ⓘ
hasHeritage colonial architecture ⓘ
hasPort seaport ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfImportance early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
historicalRole colonial administrative center ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
Kikongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lingala NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Kongo Central Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInContinent Africa ⓘ
locatedInRegion Lower Congo region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInSubregion Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone West Africa Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Congo River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Congo River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ
portType river port ⓘ
primaryReligion Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedByCapital Léopoldville NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInColonialSystem seat of colonial administration ⓘ
servedAs capital of the Belgian Congo ⓘ
capital of the Congo Free State ⓘ
transportInfrastructure river transport ⓘ
seaport facilities ⓘ
usedAs base for European traders ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Congo Free State → capital → Boma ⓘ
SheiKra → parkSection → Boma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanleyville
Muanda → locatedWestOf → Boma ⓘ
Muanda → roadConnectionTo → Boma ⓘ
Kongo Central Province → hasCity → Boma ⓘ
Kongo Central Province → hasHistoricalCity → Boma ⓘ
Livingstone Falls → downstreamCity → Boma ⓘ
Sovereign of the Congo Free State → capital → Boma ⓘ
Lower Congo region → majorTown → Boma ⓘ