Bikoro Territory Explained

Official Name:Bikoro Territory
Pushpin Map:Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Équateur Province
Unit Pref:metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:13,274
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:1,395,209
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:WAT
Utc Offset:+1
Coordinates:-0.75°N 25°W

Bikoro Territory is an administrative area in Équateur District of Équateur province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The headquarters is the town of Bikoro. The territory lies to the south of the provincial capital of Mbandaka. It is bordered on the west by the Congo River, and contains Lake Ntomba.[2]

The lake covers about depending on the season, connected via the Irebu channel with the Congo river. Water may flow into or out of the lake through this channel depending on the floods. Lake Tumba has 114 species of fish and supports an important fisheries.[3] The lake lies at the center of the Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe landscape, the largest Ramsar Convention wetland in the world, a vast area of forest and permanent or seasonal lakes and marshlands that has great environmental and economic value.[4]

Bikoro Territory is one of the remaining places where bonobos still survive, a close relative of humans.It is also home to the endangered red colobus monkey and the red-tailed monkey. Other large animals include the hippopotamus, crocodile and elephant.The marsh forests are suffering from uncontrolled timber extraction and slash-and-burn agriculture.The main cash crops are coffee, cacao and rubber.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cellule d'Analyses des Indicateurs de Développement . caid.cd . https://web.archive.org/web/20210424082659/https://www.caid.cd/index.php/donnees-par-province-administrative/province-de-equateur/territoire-de-bikoro/?secteur=fiche . 2021-04-24 . dead . fr . 2023-03-25.
  2. Web site: Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo . https://web.archive.org/web/20100401040116/http://rgc.cd/doctech/UNDP-GIS-25_RDC_administratif.pdf . dead . 2010-04-01 . X. . Blaes . PNUD-SIG . October 2008 . 2011-12-09.
  3. Web site: INFORMATION ON FISHERIES MANAGEMENT IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO . Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations . January 2001 . 2012-01-28 . 2008-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080314015746/http://www.fao.org/fi/fcp/en/COD/BODY.HTM . dead .
  4. Web site: congo basin – drc – case study on the ngiri – tumba – maindombe wetland landscape . Patrice Yamba T. Kantu . December 2009 . 12–14 . Institute for Environmental Security . 2012-01-29.