Nkayi
| Nkayi | |||
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 11 '0 " S , 13 ° 17' 10" E | ||
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| Country | Republic of the Congo | ||
| Bouenza | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CG-11 | ||
| height | 170 m | ||
| surface | 8 km² | ||
| Residents | 71,620 (2007) | ||
| density | 8,952.5 Ew. / km² | ||
Nkayi is a city and a municipality in Bouenza - Department in the southwest of the Republic of Congo . The city is the fourth largest city in the country with about 72,000 inhabitants at the 2007 census . Nkayi is one of the largest sugar production centers in the Republic of the Congo.
transport
The Congo-Ocean Railway has a station in Nkayi. Yokangassi Airport is also about five kilometers south of the city .
history
The city has been called Jacob since 1887 , named after a French engineer who was supposed to find the best route for the Congo-Ocean Railway. When the city had a population of about 25,000 in 1975, it was renamed Nkayi after a native language .