Ibembo

Ibembo
Ibembo
	Ibembo Location within Democratic Republic of the Congo
	Coordinates: 2°38′59″N 23°36′54″E / 2.64964°N 23.61497°E
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Province	Tshopo
Elevation	388 m (1,273 ft)

Ibembo is a village on the Itimbiri River in the Tshopo province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

History

Ibembo was among the posts founded in 1890 by a Belgian expedition led by Léon Roget. Joseph Duvivier was placed in charge. Later, Ibembo was connected to Buta and Djabir by a railway track.

Jacques Mbali, Bishop of Buta, was born in Ibembo in 1921.

Notes

Sources

"Ibembo", Geonames.org, retrieved 2020-08-31
Coosemans, M. (20 May 1946), "MILZ (Jules-Alexandre)", Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer (in French), vol. I, Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer, pp. 697–701, retrieved 2020-08-30
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean (2014), Bas-Uele Pouvoirs locaux et économie agricole : héritages d’un passé brouillé (PDF) (in French), Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, ISBN 978-9-4916-1586-3, retrieved 2020-08-30

[FOOTNOTEIbembo_Geonames-1] Ibembo Geonames.

[FOOTNOTECoosemans1946-2] Coosemans 1946.

[FOOTNOTEOmasombo_Tshonda2014153-3] Omasombo Tshonda 2014, p. 153.

[FOOTNOTEOmasombo_Tshonda2014128-4] Omasombo Tshonda 2014, p. 128.

Ibembo
Ibembo Location within Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coordinates: 2°38′59″N 23°36′54″E / 2.64964°N 23.61497°E / 2.64964; 23.61497
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Province	Tshopo
Elevation	388 m (1,273 ft)