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309:Government
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1674:Songololo
1634:Kasangulu
1240:7 January
1129:, 1898),
525:Transport
510:in 1908.
421:, in the
365:Time zone
335:Elevation
99:talk page
40:in French
1480:"(Boma)"
1387:22 April
1381:Archived
1204:See also
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478:entrepôt
450:Kinshasa
288:Communes
258:Province
251:DR Congo
75:provide
1654:Madimba
1639:Kimvula
1606:Kabondo
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1085:Gallery
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744:(85.1)
734:(92.5)
729:(92.8)
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472:History
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269:Founded
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1700:Nkamba
1695:Banana
1679:Tshela
1664:Moanda
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1584:Matadi
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1572:Cities
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551:Tshela
543:Matadi
535:Muanda
464:, and
454:timber
435:Angola
431:border
299:Kalamu
214:5°51′S
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1616:Nzadi
1594:Mvuzi
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433:with
370:UTC+1
303:Nzadi
59:DeepL
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1389:2021
1344:Boma
1311:ISBN
1303:ISBN
1281:OCLC
1242:2023
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762:31.6
757:29.4
747:26.7
742:29.5
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727:33.8
722:33.4
717:32.6
636:Dec
633:Nov
630:Oct
627:Sep
624:Aug
621:Jul
618:Jun
615:May
612:Apr
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603:Jan
466:palm
444:and
411:Boma
322:Area
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