Boma

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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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Boma canonical 19
Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1
Stanleyville 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
port city ⓘ
capitalFrom 1886 ⓘ
capitalOf Belgian Congo ⓘ
Congo Free State ⓘ
capitalUntil 1926 ⓘ
colonialPower Belgium ⓘ
Kingdom of Belgium ⓘ
linked to: Belgium
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic multiethnic population ⓘ
economicActivity commerce ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
trade ⓘ
elevation sea level ⓘ
formerColonialEntity Belgian Congo ⓘ
Congo Free State ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Lingala ⓘ
locatedIn Kongo Central Province ⓘ
locatedInContinent Africa ⓘ
locatedInRegion Lower Congo region ⓘ
locatedInSubregion Central Africa ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone West Africa Time ⓘ
locatedNear Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Congo River ⓘ
partOf Congo River estuary ⓘ
linked to: Congo River mouth
portType river port ⓘ
primaryReligion Christianity ⓘ
replacedByCapital Léopoldville ⓘ
linked to: Kinshasa
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

SheiKra → parkSection → Stanleyville ⓘ
linked to: Boma
Muanda → locatedWestOf → Boma ⓘ
Muanda → roadConnectionTo → Boma ⓘ
Bas-Congo → containsCity → Boma ⓘ
Bas-Congo → hasPort → Boma ⓘ
Banana → hasNearbyCity → Boma ⓘ
Port of Boma → locatedIn → Boma ⓘ
Port of Boma → serves → Boma ⓘ
Inga I Dam → nearCity → Boma ⓘ
Inga II Dam → nearCity → Boma ⓘ
Joseph Kasa-Vubu → placeOfDeath → Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Boma