Noqui

For the food called "Ñoqui", see Gnocchi.

Noqui
Municipality and town
Noqui Location in Angola
Coordinates: 5°52′5″S13°25′57″E / 5.86806°S 13.43250°E / -5.86806; 13.43250
Country	Angola
Province	Zaire Province
Population  (2014 Census) [1]
• Total	23,880
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Climate	Aw

Noqui (or Noki) is a town and municipality in Zaire Province in Angola. ^[2] It is on the Congo River, just across the border from the city of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The municipality had a population of 23,880 in 2014. ^[1]

Noki was the site of an early European trading post. In 1884 Alexandre Delcommune was appointed director of the Belgian factories in Boma and Noki. ^[3] In December 1884 Lieutenant Eduard Schulze tried to found a German colony near Noqui. ^[4]

References

1. "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Zaire" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved 3 May 2020.^{[ dead link ]}
2. "City councils of Angola". Statoids. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
3. De Coster, Pieter (1997). "Biografie van Alexandre Delcommune". De eerste Europese ontdekkingsreizen in Katanga 1797–1897 (in Dutch). p. VII.1.1.
4. "THE WEST AFRICAN PROBLEMS.; THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSING FORMALITIES--GERMANY'S POLICY" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-07-05.