Bokoyo

Bokoyo
Bokoyo
	Bokoyo
	Coordinates: 4°20′23″N 28°45′38″E / 4.3396°N 28.7605°E
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Province	Haut-Uélé
Territory	Dungu Territory
Time zone	UTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

Bokoyo is a settlement in Dungu Territory, Haut-Uélé, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Location

Bokoyo is in Dungu Territory, Haut-Uélé, Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1] It is about 80 kilometres (50 mi) NNE of Dungu and just west of the Réserve de chasse d'Azande.^[2] The Köppen climate classification is Aw: Tropical savanna, wet.^[1]

History

On 14 August 1893 a Belgian expedition under Ernest Baert with 86 African soldiers reached Bokoyo from Dungu. At Bokoyo they were joined by 350 Azande auxiliaries. They continued on to Mundu en route to the Nile.^[3]

Sources

"Bokoyo, Haut Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo", Mindat.org, retrieved 2021-09-23
Coosemans, M. (1948b), "BAERT (Ernest)", Biographie Coloniale Belge (in French), vol. I, Inst. roy. colon. belge, pp. col. 54–57, retrieved 2020-09-13
"mlat=4.3396&mlon=28.7605", OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2021-09-23

[FOOTNOTEBokoyo,_Haut_Uele_..._Mindat-1] Bokoyo, Haut Uele ... Mindat.

[FOOTNOTEmlat_4.3396_mlon_28.7605-2] t 4.3396 mlon 28.7605.

[FOOTNOTECoosemans1948b-3] Coosemans 1948b.

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