Pool (Congo)
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Basic data | |
Capital : | Kinkala |
Area : | 33,955 km² |
Residents : | 240,999 (calculation, 2005) |
Population density : | 7.10 inhabitants / km² (calculation, 2005) |
ISO 3166-2 : | CG-12 |
Pool is a department of the Republic of the Congo with the capital Kinkala . It is named after the Malebo Pool (formerly Stanley Pool), a lake to which the Congo River dams near Kinshasa .
geography
The department is located in the south-east of the country and extends north and west of the capital Brazzaville . It is bordered to the north by the department of Plateaux , to the northwest by the department of Lékoumou , to the southwest by the department of Bouenza and to the south and east by the Republic of the Congo and the capital district of Brazzaville.