Niari Department

Niari
Niadi
Niari, department of the Republic of the Congo
Niari, department of the Republic of the Congo
CountryRepublic of the Congo
CapitalDolisie
Area
 • Total25,942 km2 (10,016 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 census)
 • Total334,863
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
HDI (2018)0.567[1]
medium · 4th of 12

Niari (can also be written as Niadi[2]) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the western part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Kouilou, and Lékoumou, and internationally, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Cabinda portion of Angola. The regional capital is Dolisie.

Until 2012 Niari had only six districts
  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. ^ M., A. (1885). "Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (de Londres)". Le Globe. Revue genevoise de géographie (in French). 24 (1): 57–60. Retrieved 5 January 2021.