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Fun fact 4 about Goma

Ville de Goma vue aérienne
city

The village of Ngoma was a port for lake traffic and a crossroads for overland trade routes between Central Africa and the Indian Ocean.

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DR Congo
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Goma

DR Congo

Country
DR Congo
Population
670.0K
Coordinates
-1.68, 29.22
390th most populous city in the world

Goma is a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the capital and largest city of the North Kivu province; it is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu and shares borders with the Bukumu Chiefdom to the north, Rwanda to the east and the Masisi Territory to the west.

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