Fort de Shinkakasa

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 west of Boma which was the capital of the Free State and later the Belgian Congo from 1886 to 1926.
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  • Ruins
  • …is also known as “Fort Boma”
  • Description: building in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fort de Shinkakasa

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Latitude
-5.85679° or 5° 51′ 24″ south
Longitude
13.0326° or 13° 1′ 57″ east
Open location code
6F6M42VM+72
Open­Street­Map ID
way 698887813
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q3078243

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Fort de Shinkakasa” goes by many names.

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