🏰 Fort de Shinkakasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa · 5.86°S, 13.03°E

The Fort de Shinkakasa, also called Fort Boma, was a fortification built in the Congo Free State to defend access to the Congo river in 1891. It is located about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) west of Boma which was the capital of the Free State and later the Belgian Congo from 1886 to 1926.

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Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Continent / region	Africa
Coordinates (approx.)	5.86°S, 13.03°E · view on map

Fort de Shinkakasa is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Africa.

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