Gombari | |
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  Gombari | |
| Coordinates: 2°42′59″N29°02′51″E / 2.716339°N 29.047399°E Coordinates: 2°42′59″N29°02′51″E / 2.716339°N 29.047399°E | |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Province | Haut-Uélé |
Gombari is a populated place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Gombari is in the south of the Haut-Uélé province. It is on the left (south) bank of the Bomokandi River where the river is crossed by the RN26 highway. [1]
The Belgian colonists created a post at Gombari. During a period of widespread rebellion in the Uele District in 1886, Ernest Baert decided to abandon all the posts upstream from Djabir and Ibembo apart from Dungu, Akka, Mundu and Gombari. He planned to supply Gombari by a route from the Ituri River to serve as a supply base for operations towards Lake Albert and Bahr-el-Djebel that could be used to reoccupy the Lado Enclave. [2]
Louis-Napoléon Chaltin (1857–1933) was a Belgian career soldier and colonial official notable for his service in the Congo Free State during the late 19th century.
The Mongala River in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo is a right tributary of the Congo River.
Bas-Uele District was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formed from part of Uele District in 1912. Later it was merged back into Uele District, then split out again. There were various boundary changes. It roughly corresponded in area to the present Bas-Uélé province.
Alphonse van Gèle, also written van Gele or Vangele, was a Belgian soldier who served as the Vice-Governor General of the Congo Free State from December 1897 until January 1899. He established the Equator Station, or Station de l’Équateur, today Mbandaka, and concluded a treaty with the powerful Zanzibar trader Tippu Tip at the Stanley Falls station, today Kisangani. He is known for having confirmed that the Uele River was the upper part of the Ubangi River.
Stanleyville District was a district of the Belgian Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. It went through various changes in extent. Between 1933 and 1963 it had roughly the same extent as the current Tshopo province.
Uele District was a district of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo. It roughly corresponded to the current provinces of Bas-Uélé and Haut-Uélé.
The Districts of the Congo Free State were the primary administrative divisions of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. There were various boundary changes in the period before the Congo Free State was annexed by Belgium to become the Belgian Congo.
Jules Alexandre Milz was a Belgian soldier who was active in exploring the northeast of the Congo Free State. He traveled extensively in Uele District, where he resolved the question of whether the Uele River was the upper portion of the Ubangi River. He was second in command of an expedition to the Nile in 1891–1892, and took over command after the leader died.
Ibembo is a village on the Itimbiri River in the Tshopo province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Gada River is a left tributary of the Uele River, which it joins downstream from Niangara in the Haut-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Amadi is a town in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Guillaume-Camille Casman was a Belgian soldier, explorer and administrator for the International African Association and the Congo Free State. He was briefly commander of the Équateur station on the upper Congo.
Manyanga was a staging post on the route from the coast to Léopoldville during the days of the Congo Free State. It was at the upper end of a navigable reach of the Congo River from Isangila, further downstream to the west. Above Manyanga goods had to be carried by land round the falls and rapids to Stanley Pool.
Arvid Mauritz Wester was a Swedish soldier who was active in the service of the Belgians in the Congo. For almost two years he commanded the remote station at Stanley Falls, where he had to deal with hostile local people and Arabs.
Sten Edvard Gleerup, or Edde Gleerup, was a Swedish soldier and explorer. He was the first Swede and eighth European to cross Africa.
Charles Adolphe Marie Liebrechts was a Belgian soldier, explorer and administrator in the Congo Free State.
Léon Roget was a Belgian soldier and colonial administrator who was active in the Congo Free State. He was the first commander of the Force Publique, the armed force used to police the colony.
Willem Frans Van Kerckhoven, or Guillaume François van Kerckhoven was a Belgian soldier, explorer, colonial administrator who was active in the service of the International Association of the Congo and the subsequent Congo Free State. He is known for his extended expedition through the Uele River basin and onward towards the Nile, during which he cleared the Arab slave traders from the region and established a Belgian presence. He died in an accident before reaching the Nile.
Ernest Baert was a Belgian soldier, explorer and colonial administrator who was active in the Congo Free State.
Joseph Vandevelde, or Jozef Van de Velde was a Belgian soldier and explorer in the Congo before the Congo Free State was established.