In 1951, Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and the crew of the film The African Queen arrived in Ubundu by train for filming in the jungle. In those days, the town was described as a "pretty colonial outpost".[1]
The area saw some of the worst fighting during the Second Congo War. Around 2003, the town had no electricity, and very few facilities, and was considered a very dangerous place.[2]
ubundu, formerly, known, ponthierville, ponthierstad, town, located, tshopo, province, democratic, republic, congo, administrative, center, territory, same, name, lualaba, river, upper, congo, just, above, boyoma, falls, commune, port, congo, river, about, mud. Ubundu formerly known as Ponthierville or Ponthierstad is a town located in the Tshopo Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is the administrative center of the territory of the same name It is on the Lualaba River or Upper Congo just above the Boyoma Falls UbunduCommuneUbundu is a port on the Congo River about a 100 km up a muddy road from Kisangani UbunduCoordinates 0 21 32 S 25 26 00 E 0 358813 S 25 433221 E 0 358813 25 433221Country DR CongoProvinceTshopoTerritoryUbunduTime zoneUTC 2 CAT ClimateTropical raninforest Af National languageSwahiliAs the river is not navigable from here downstream to Kisangani a portage railway was built to link the settlement to Kisangani It was built and operated during the colonial era by the Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo superieur aux Grands Lacs africains of CFL 1902 1960 whose rail and river steamer service connected Kisangani with Katanga Upstream from Ubundu the river is navigable as far as Kasongo In 1951 Katharine Hepburn Humphrey Bogart and the crew of the film The African Queen arrived in Ubundu by train for filming in the jungle In those days the town was described as a pretty colonial outpost 1 The area saw some of the worst fighting during the Second Congo War Around 2003 the town had no electricity and very few facilities and was considered a very dangerous place 2 See also editTransport in DRCReferences edit Blood River by Tim Butcher page 226 Blood River by Tim Butcher pages 227 230 nbsp This Democratic Republic of the Congo location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ubundu amp oldid 1157563613, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
