Bouenza Department

Bouenza
Bouenza
Department
	Bouenza, department of the Republic of the Congo
Country	Republic of the Congo
Capital	Madingou
Area
• Total	12,265 km2 (4,736 sq mi)
Population (2023 census)
• Total	363,850
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
HDI (2018)	0.530; low · 6th of 12

Bouenza (can also be written as Buenza or Bwenza^[2]) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southern part of the country. It borders the departments of Lékoumou, Niari, and Pool, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The regional capital is Madingou. Towns and cities include Loudima, Mouyondzi, Loutété and Nkayi.

Administrative divisions

Bouenza Department is divided into one commune and ten districts:

The population is 363,850 in 2023,^[4] and the area is 12,265.4 km².^[5]

Bouenza has some industry and cash crops. Among the principal activities are a cement factory in Loutété, sugar cane plantations in Nkayi, and there are reserves of copper, lead and zinc. Hydroelectric power is provided by the Moukoukoulou Dam built in Mindouli. Farming includes bananas, palm oil, groundnuts, tobacco and beans.[1]

^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ Mayeul de Dreuille, La Bouenza, 1892-1992: les sources de l'église au Congo, Editions Beauchesne, 1994, p. 22
^ The urban community of Madingou gained the status of commune on March 16, 2017: http://www.sgg.cg/imageProvider.asp?private_resource=2639&fn=jo_2017_12.pdf Archived 2018-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Congo (Rep.): Departments, Major Cities & Urban Localities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
^ "LE RGPH-2007 EN QUELQUES CHIFFRES" (PDF) (in French). Centre National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (CNSEE). 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2012. (Tableau 1 & Tableau 3)