Ndesha

Commune de Ndesha ; Ndesha
Coordinates	5 ° 51 '55 " S , 22 ° 23' 9" O Coordinates: 5 ° 51 '55 " S , 22 ° 23' 9" O
Basic data
Country	Democratic Republic of Congo
province	Kasaï-Central
ISO 3166-2	CD-KC
height	612 m
surface	44 km²
politics
mayor	Simon Luboya wa Luboya

Ndesha , officially Commune de Ndesha , is one of five communities in the city of Kananga (formerly Luluaburg), the capital of the province of Kasaï-Central (formerly West Kasai Province) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

General

The municipality is located about 10 km north of the center of Kananga, the altitude is 612 meters. According to municipal law, it has legislative and executive branches through a city council and a mayor, but not a judiciary. Bourgmestre is Simon Luboya wa Luboya from the ARC ( Alliance pour le Renouveau du Congo ) (as of 2017).

The common languages are French and Tschiluba . After the foundation of Luluaburg (also Luluabourg) as a supply and business station by Hermann von Wissmann , the area of Ndesha belonged to the Congo Free State , then to the Belgian Congo . Smaller excursions were made from Luluaburg to the northern area, the tribes living there were grouped under the name Lulua and together with the Luba they form the main part of the population. In 1897, a Presbyterian mission school, the École Evangélique, was founded in Ndesha. Population or ethnic composition cannot be given, the last official census for the Democratic Republic of the Congo dates from 1982. For Kananga as a whole, only estimates are given today.

Infrastructure

Ndesha is on the National Route N41 and on the Lubumbashi – Ilebo railway line . The nearest airport is Kananga Airport , about 30 km southwest.

The Université Presbytérienne Sheppard et Lapsley du Congo (UPRECO) maintains a campus in Ndesha for training in theology and law.

climate

Climate diagram

Web links

Ndesha in GeoNames

Individual evidence

↑ Simon Luboya wa Luboya (ARC) réitère son attachement à la Majorité Présidentielle. In: Agence Congolaise de Presse (ACP) of September 23, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2017 (French).
↑ History of UPRECO. Retrieved May 12, 2017 (English).

[1] Simon Luboya wa Luboya (ARC) réitère son attachement à la Majorité Présidentielle. In: Agence Congolaise de Presse (ACP) of September 23, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2017 (French).

[2] History of UPRECO. Retrieved May 12, 2017 (English).