Benge | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Coordinates: | 2.9596°N 25.7783°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Bas-Uélé |
Subdivision Type2: | Territory |
Subdivision Name2: | Buta Territory |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 609 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Benge is a village in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was a station on the defunct Vicicongo line, a railway.
Benge is in the Bas-Uélé province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.It is in extreme east of Buta Territory.It is in the chiefdom of Monganzulu.Benge is at an elevation of about above sea level.A road leads east from the village to Zobia in Bambesa Territory.
During the colonial period Benge was a chiefdom of the Mondingima tribe in the Zobia Territory.The main axis of the Vicicongo line built by the Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo ran east from ran from Andoma through Benge to Zobia.This section was opened in December 1932.