Boma

Boma is a port town on the , some 100 kilometres upstream from the Atlantic Ocean, in the of the , adjacent to the border with .
  • City with about 163,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 60 metres (200 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code BOA
  • …is also known as “Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo”
  • Description: city in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Latitude
-5.85° or 5° 51′ south
Longitude
13.05° or 13° 3′ east
UN/LOCODE
CD BOA
Open location code
6F6M5322+22
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Boma” goes by many names.
بوماArabic
BomaAsturian
BomaBasque
БомаBelarusian
বোমাBengali
БомаBulgarian
МбомаBulgarian
BomaCatalan
BomaCebuano
博馬Chinese
博马Chinese
BomaCroatian
BomaCzech
BomaDanish
BomaDutch
بوماEgyptian Arabic
BomaEsperanto
BomaEstonian
BomaFinnish
BomaGalician
ბომაGeorgian
ΜπόμαGreek
બોમાGujarati
Boma, Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar KongoHausa
בומהHebrew
बोमाHindi
BomaHungarian
BomaIcelandic
BomaIndonesian
Boma, Republik Demokratik KongoIndonesian
BomaIrish
BomaItalian
ボーマJapanese
ボマJapanese
ಬೋಲೋಬೊKannada
BomaKongo
MbomaKongo
보마Korean
BomaLatvian
BómaLingala
BomaLithuanian
BomaMalagasy
BomaMalay
बोमाMarathi
ბომაMingrelian
BomaNorwegian
BomaNorwegian Bokmål
بوماPersian
BomaPolish
MbomaPolish
BomaRomanian
БомаRussian
BomaSerbian
Ville de BomaSerbian
БомаSerbian
BomaSerbo-Croatian
Boma (Demokratska Republika Kongo)Serbo-Croatian
BomaShona
බොමාSinhala
BomaSlovak
بوماSouth Azerbaijani
BomaSwahili
Boma (Kongo)Swahili
BomaSwedish
போமாTamil
బొమTelugu
โบมาThai
BomaTurkish
Boma, Kongo Demokratik CumhuriyetiTurkish
БомаUkrainian
بوماUrdu
بوما، جمہوری جمہوریہ کانگوUrdu
BomaUzbek
BomaVietnamese
BomaWaray (Philippines)
博马Wu Chinese
博马(刚果民主共和国)Wu Chinese
BomaZulu
Boma, Khongo-KinshasaZulu

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