Dolisie

Region

Dolisie, formerly Loubomo 1975-1991, is a city in the south of the Republic of Congo and the capital of Niari region. In 2006, she had 110 128 inhabitants according to official estimates.

The town grew up around a railway station of the railway line of the Chemin de fer Congo- Océan ( CFCO ) between Pointe -Noire and Brazzaville and was named after Albert Dolisie, a lieutenant of Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, named. The city near the border with Angola's Cabinda enclave was - and still is - a railway junction and the third largest city in the country. In 1975 it was renamed as part of the Africanization in Loubomo. 1997 and 1999, fled as a result of the civil war, people from rural areas to the city, which swelled its population continues. Dolisie has an airport.

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• Historical dictionary of Congo, ISBN 978-0-8108-3116-2 (p. 180)

• Place in the Republic of Congo
• Niari ( Department )
• Place in Africa