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Tshikapa
Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa
About Tshikapa
Tshikapa sits on the route: 1 hours from Chitato.
Tshikapa is in Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 630,000 people. The nearest town is Chitato, about 99 km away.
Tshikapa is the capital city of Kasaï Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located 60 km (37 mi) north of the Angolan border and 189 km (117 mi) west of Kananga at the confluence of the Tshikapa and Kasai rivers. According to records published by the Utrecht University library, the populationRead more
of the city grew from 38,900 in 1970 to 180,900 in 1994. However, the Congo wars and the Kamwina Nsapu rebellion triggered waves of internal displacement, with many residents fleeing violence or relocating temporarily. The World Population Review estimates the 2025 population of Tshikapa and its urban agglomeration at 1,185,920.
Tshikapa has been a site of diamond mining since its founding in the early 20th century. The city was founded by Forminière, an American/Belgian mining consortium which discovered diamonds near this location in the early 1900s.
The city is served by the Tshikapa Airport. The diamond industry is the main form of income for the city. Despite this, it is poor and few of the roads are paved.
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Tshikapa is in Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 99 km from Chitato.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 634,529
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Region
- Kasai
- Timezone
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Coordinates
- -6.4162, 20.7999
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