Noqui Explained

Noqui
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Pushpin Map:Angola
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Angola
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Angola
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Zaire Province
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2014 Census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:23880
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+1
Coordinates:-5.8681°N 13.4325°W
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Aw

Noqui (or Noki) is a town and municipality in Zaire Province in Angola.[2] It is on the Congo River, just across the border from the city of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The municipality had a population of 23,880 in 2014.[3]

Noki was the site of an early European trading post. In 1884 Alexandre Delcommune was appointed director of the Belgian factories in Boma and Noki.[4] In December 1884 Lieutenant Eduard Schulze tried to found a German colony near Noqui.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Zaire . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. dmy .
  2. Web site: City councils of Angola. Statoids. April 9, 2009.
  3. Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Zaire . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. dmy .
  4. Book: De Coster, Pieter . De eerste Europese ontdekkingsreizen in Katanga 1797–1897 . Biografie van Alexandre Delcommune . nl . 1997 . VII.1.1 .
  5. News: THE WEST AFRICAN PROBLEMS.; THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSING FORMALITIES--GERMANY'S POLICY.. 2017-07-05. en.