Bouenza is a department of the Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...

 in the southern part of the country. It borders the departments of Lékoumou, Niari, and Pool, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

. The regional capital is Madingou

Madingou

Madingou is a town located in southern Republic of the Congo. It is the capital city of the Madingou District and the Bouenza Region.- Transport :It is served by a station on the Congo-Ocean Railway....

. Towns and cities include Loudima

Loudima

- Transport :It is served by a station on the national railway system, and is to the east of the junction of the branch line to Mbinda.- External links :*...

, Mouyondzi

Mouyondzi

Mouyondzi is a town and seat of Mouyondzi District in the Bouenza Region of Congo-Brazzaville. Moyondzi's population mostly consists of Beembe.-References:*http://www.paysdemouyondzi.com/...

, Loutété

Loutété

- Transport :It is served by a station on the narrow gauge Congo-Ocean Railway.- External links :*...

 and Nkayi.

Districts

Bouenza is divided into one commune and ten districts:

• Nkayi
  Nkayi
  Nkayi is a town and a commune in the Bouenza Department of the Republic of the Congo. It is the country's fourth largest city with a population of 56,700 .Nkayi is a major sugar production centre in the country.- Transport :...
  
   Commune

1. Boko-Songho District
   Boko-Songho District
   Boko-Songho is a district in the Bouenza Region of southern Republic of the Congo. The capital lies at Boko-Songho....
   
   
2. Kayes District
3. Kingoué District
4. Loudima District
   Loudima District
   Loudima is a district in the Bouenza Region of southern Republic of the Congo. The capital lies at Loudima.-Towns and villages:...
   
   
5. Madingou District
   Madingou District
   Madingou is a district in the Bouenza Region of southern Republic of the Congo. The capital lies at Madingou.-Towns and villages:...
   
   
6. Mabombo District
7. Mfouati District
   Mfouati District
   Mfouati is a district in the Bouenza Region of southern Republic of the Congo. The capital lies at Mfouati.-Towns and villages:...
   
   
8. Mouyondzi District
   Mouyondzi District
   Mouyondzi is a district in the Bouenza Region of southern Republic of the Congo. The capital lies at Mouyondzi.Moyondzi's population mostly consists of Beembe.-References:...
   
   
9. Nkayi District
   Nkayi District
   Nkayi is a district in the Bouenza Region of southern Republic of the Congo. The capital lies at Nkayi.-Towns and villages:...
   
   
10. Yamba District

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Industry and agriculture

Bouenza has some industry and cash crop

Cash crop

In agriculture, a cash crop is a crop which is grown for profit.The term is used to differentiate from subsistence crops, which are those fed to the producer's own livestock or grown as food for the producer's family...

s. Among the principal activities are a cement

Cement

In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance that sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans, who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed...

 factory in Loutété

Loutété

- Transport :It is served by a station on the narrow gauge Congo-Ocean Railway.- External links :*...

, sugar cane plantations in Nkayi, and there are reserves of copper

Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; an exposed surface has a reddish-orange tarnish...

, lead

Lead

Lead is a main-group element in the carbon group with the symbol Pb and atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal. It is also counted as one of the heavy metals. Metallic lead has a bluish-white color after being freshly cut, but it soon tarnishes to a dull grayish color when exposed...

 and zinc

Zinc

Zinc , or spelter , is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table. Zinc is, in some respects, chemically similar to magnesium, because its ion is of similar size and its only common oxidation state is +2...

. Hydroelectric power is provided by the Moukoukoulou Dam built in Mindouli. Farming includes banana

Banana

Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red....

s, palm oil

Palm oil

Palm oil, coconut oil and palm kernel oil are edible plant oils derived from the fruits of palm trees. Palm oil is extracted from the pulp of the fruit of the oil palm Elaeis guineensis; palm kernel oil is derived from the kernel of the oil palm and coconut oil is derived from the kernel of the...

, groundnut

Peanut

The peanut, or groundnut , is a species in the legume or "bean" family , so it is not a nut. The peanut was probably first cultivated in the valleys of Peru. It is an annual herbaceous plant growing tall...

s, tobacco

Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...

 and bean

Bean

Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae used for human food or animal feed....

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