Pool Department

Pool (Kongo: Mpumbu, Nsundi, Mbula Ntangu^[2][3]) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southeastern part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Lékoumou, and Plateaux. Internationally, it borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It also surrounds the commune district of the national capital, Brazzaville.

Pool Mpumbu, Nsundi or Mbula Ntangu
Department
Pool, department of the Republic of the Congo
Country	Republic of the Congo
Capital	Kinkala
Area
• Total	33,955 km2 (13,110 sq mi)
Population  (2023 census)
• Total	394,532
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
HDI (2018)	0.484[1] low · 12th of 12

The regional capital is Kinkala. Principal towns include Boko, Kindamba and Mindouli. In the early 2000s, the Pool region was the home of a low-level insurgency led by Pasteur Ntumi. The inhabitants of this department are the Kongo, the Téké and the Native population (Pygmies).^[4][5]

The region is named after the Pool Malebo (formerly Stanley Pool), a particularly wide stretch of the Congo River here.

Districts of Pool

Administrative divisions

Pool Department is divided into thirteen districts:

1. Kinkala District
2. Boko District
3. Mindouli District
4. Kindamba District
5. Goma Tsé-Tsé District
6. Mayama District
7. Ngabé District
8. Mbanza–Ndounga District
9. Louingui District
10. Loumo District
11. Ignié District
12. Vindza District
13. Kimba District