Tshela, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tshela is a town of 64,210 people in Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Population64,210 GeoNames

RegionBas-Congo

Elevation163 m 535 ft

Time zoneAfrica/Kinshasa

Nearest airportBoma Airport (BOA) 90 km

About Tshela

Tshela (or Tsela) is the main town of Bas-fleuve district in Kongo Central Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The town was linked to the port of Boma by an isolated narrow gauge railway, the Mayumbe Line, from 1889 to 1984.

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Churches and places of worship1

ENA RDC ouest communauté commerciale

Place of worship · 1.0 km

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Boma Airport (BOA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 90 km away.

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