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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Kimpese
|pushpin_map = Democratic Republic of the Congo
|pushpin_map_caption =Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo
|coordinates = {{coord|5|33|47|S|14|26|45|E|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [[Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg|25px]] [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Province]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Bas-Congo]]
}}

'''Kimpese''' is a town in the Cataractes District of [[Bas-Congo]] province, [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. It lies on the main road and railway between [[Kinshasa]] and the provincial capital [[Matadi]], at an [[altitude]] of 990 ft (301 m) above [[sea level]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maplandia.com/democratic-republic-congo/bas-zaire/kimpese/|title=Kimpese Map - Democratic Republic of the Congo Google Satellite Maps|publisher=maplandia.com|access-date=2009-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024055027/http://www.maplandia.com/democratic-republic-congo/bas-zaire/kimpese/|archive-date=2012-10-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There are tributaries of the [[Congo River]] to the north and south of the town.<ref>National Geographic Atlas of the World: Revised Sixth Edition, [[National Geographic Society]], 1992</ref> Kimpese has a hospital, medical training centre, high school, technical training institute and an agricultural college.<ref>[https://www.who.int/buruli/events/14.Phanzu_ENG.pdf who.int]</ref><ref>[http://www.andrewbond.ch/html_en/charity/2.htm andrewbond.ch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218142740/http://www.andrewbond.ch/html_en/charity/2.htm |date=2011-02-18 }}</ref> The 400 bed Kimpese hospital serves 150,000 people in the local area and another 600,000 in the surrounding district.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.etrs.org/bulletin11_2/section11.html |title=etrs.org |access-date=2009-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014100656/http://www.etrs.org/bulletin11_2/section11.html |archive-date=2008-10-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town also contains an office of the [[UNHCR]], which provides assistance to the nearly 60,000 [[Angola]]n refugees in Kongo Central province.<ref>[http://www.europaworld.org/issue28/unhcrworkermurdered30301.htm europaworld.org]</ref> Kimpeses population is approximately 40,000; and although DRC is a mainly catholic country, the town has a Protestant majority.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.americanbible.org/absport/news/item.php?id=54 |title=americanbible.org |access-date=2009-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618005942/http://www.americanbible.org/absport/news/item.php?id=54 |archive-date=2008-06-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Railway stations in DRCongo]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bas-Congo}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Kongo Central]]

{{DRCongo-geo-stub}}

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