Boma

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Boma
A river port city in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located about 100 km from the mouth of the Congo River and about 300 km southwest of Kinshasa. It exports timber, bananas, coffee, cocoa, etc. A railway runs to Tschehera in the north. It has been the center of the slave trade since the 18th century, and was the capital of the Belgian Congo until 1926. It has a population of 171,000 (2004).

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Japanese:
コンゴ民主共和国西部の河港都市。コンゴ川河口から約100km，キンシャサの南西約300kmにある。木材，バナナ，コーヒー，カカオなどを輸出する。北方チェラへ鉄道が通ずる。18世紀以後奴隷貿易の中心地で，1926年までベルギー領コンゴの主都であった。17万1000人（2004）。

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