Banalia Territory

Banalia
Territory
Banalia is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Banalia
Banalia
Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coordinates: 1°32′00″N 25°20′00″E / 1.533333°N 25.333333°E / 1.533333; 25.333333
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo
ProvinceTshopo
SeatBanalia
Area
[1]
 • Total
24,430 km2 (9,430 sq mi)
Population
[1]
 • Total
493,697
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (Central Africa Time)
National languageLingala

Banalia is a territory and a locality of Tshopo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the north-central part of the country, 1,300 km northeast of the capital Kinshasa.[2][3]

The locality was one of the milestones during the Emin Pasha relief expedition.

The region is also rich in iron ore, which was to feed the Maluku steel plant.

In the surroundings around Banalia grows mainly clean green deciduous forest.[4] Around Banalia, it is very sparsely populated, with 6 inhabitants per square kilometer.[5] Tropical monsoon climate prevails in the area.[6] Annual average temperature in the funnel is 21 °C. The warmest month is May, when the average temperature is 22 °C, and the coldest is March, at 20 °C.[7] Average annual rainfall is 1,540 millimeters. The rainy month is October, with an average of 236 mm rainfall, and the driest is January, with 28 mm rainfall.[8]

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  2. ^ "Administrative Zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Kinshasa)". statoids. April 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Banalia". Google maps. Retrieved 4 Nov 2019.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". 25 August 2021. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". 25 August 2021.
  6. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  7. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". 25 August 2021. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  8. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". 25 August 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2018.